In Lilly v. The State of New York, No. 155539/2024, 2025 WL 592918 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of disability discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision; To state an employment discrimination…
Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently AllegedIn Feliz v. Manhattan Restorative Health Sciences, Inc., No. 161563/2021, 2025 WL 574304 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of disability discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. The court summarized the basic legal…
Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Issues Existed as to Pretextual Nature of TerminationIn Cronemeyer v. The City of New York, No. 151551/2023, 2025 WL 574314 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of religious discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The State and City Human Rights…
Read More Vaccine-Related Constructive Discharge Claim DismissedIn McQueen v. City of New York, No. 155209/2023, 2025 WL 554518 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the…
Read More Recovering Alcoholic Was Not “Disabled”; Court Dismisses Disability Discrimination ClaimsIn Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., No. 101616/2017, 2025 WL 503245 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed Against Trump CampaignIn Ross v. Onegevity, Thorne Health Tech Inc., No. 655082/2023, 2025 WL 487499 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for age discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s New York State Human Rights…
Read More Age Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against Onegevity, Court HoldsIn Texiera v. Services for the Underserved, Inc., No. 152677/2020, 2025 WL 355451 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 23, 2025), an employment discrimination action, the court granted plaintiff’s motion to hold a subpoenaed witness in contempt for failing to appear for their deposition. From the decision: In this employment discrimination action, plaintiff moves…
Read More Court Grants Employment Discrimination Plaintiff’s Motion for Contempt Against Non-Party Witness For Failure to Appear for DepositionIn Motayne v. Specialty Food Association et al, No. 157671/2023, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 50091(U), 2025 WL 339817 (Sup Ct, Jan. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race-based discriminatory termination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, defendants do…
Read More Race-Based Discriminatory Termination Claims Survive DismissalIn Montes v. City of New York, No. 158272/2023, 2025 WL 290440 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a disability-based hostile work environment under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Under NYCHRL, a Plaintiff claiming a hostile work environment…
Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Include “Faking Injuries” CommentIn James v. Disney Studios Content, No. 159201/2022, 2025 WL 257207 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 21, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of retaliation under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, on the ground that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(2).…
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