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In Polenik v. Janet Yellen, 2024 WL 1466783 (M.D.Pa. April 4, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “quid pro quo” sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To allege a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim under Title VII, Polenik must…

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In Cooper v. County of York, Civil No. 21-CV-01440, 2024 WL 183013 (M.D.Pa. Jan. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of age-based hostile work environment asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: Finally, York’s motion requests summary judgment on Cooper’s claims…

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In Wilson v. Ciocca Muncy Ho Inc., No. 4:23-CV-00765, 2023 WL 6449425 (M.D.Pa. Oct. 3, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff administratively exhausted certain claims, but not others, in her charge filed at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In sum, plaintiff alleges that she experienced sex discrimination (including sexual harassment), racial…

Read More Claims, Including For Sex Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Were Administratively Exhausted at the EEOC, Court Holds
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In Holmes v. American Home Patient/Lincare, et al, No. 4:21-CV-01683, 2023 WL 4315545 (M.D.Pa. July 3, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. During her time employed at defendant, plaintiff was the only African American employed at the…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Racial Slurs
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In Doe v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections et al, No. 4:19-CV-01584, 2022 WL 3219952 (M.D.Pa. Aug. 9, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s gender-based hostile work environment and constructive discharge claims asserted under the Equal Protection Clause. As to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, the court explained: Here,…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment and Constructive Discharge Claims, Asserted Under the Equal Protection Clause, Survive Summary Judgment
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In Doe v. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1:20-CV-01416, 2022 WL 676970 (M.D.Pa. March 7, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s quid pro quo sexual harassment claim asserted under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681. In sum, plaintiff Doe was a graduate student at,…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
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