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May 15, 2025 by mjpospis

Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment

In Walters v. Shintech, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 23-277-JWD-SDJ, 2025 WL 918450 (M.D.La. March 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In order to show a hostile work environment…

Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Racial Caricature, Survives Dismissal

In Norman v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, No. 23-00330-BAJ-EWD, 2024 WL 477521 (M.D.La. Feb. 7, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. Initially, the court found that plaintiff’s allegations regarding nooses found at his workplace cannot support his hostile work environment claim, given his admission that he…