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In Acosta v. Kennedy Children’s Center, 24 Civ. 3358, 2025 WL 70141 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From…

Read More PTSD-Related Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged, Court Holds
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In Rios v. Max Mara USA Inc. et al, No. 23-CV-9839 (LAP), 2025 WL 66502 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c)) on plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Pretend Breast “Motorboating” Insufficiently “Severe”
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In Dixon v. City of New York, 23-cv-8941 (JGK), 2025 WL 50140 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability-based hostile work environment claims. This decision illustrates that generalized objectionable conduct – such as what might be considered “verbal harassment” – is alone insufficient to constitute an actionable…

Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegation of Being Addressed in a “Loud, Aggressive and Belligerent Tone” Insufficient
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In Brooks v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 2024 WL 5186527 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 20, 2024), an employment discrimination/hostile work environment case, the court dismissed plaintiff’s third amended complaint (TAC). Interestingly, the court did not address the merits, but rather focused on the procedural requirements for such a complaint: Rule 8(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil…

Read More 100+ Page Hostile Work Environment Complaint Dismissed as Being Neither “Short Nor Plain”
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In McConaughey v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 21-CV-6137 (RA), 2024 WL 5168018 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: McConaughey alleges that he…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment Against Port Authority
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In Sanchez v. New York City Housing Authority, 23-CV-8683 (JMF), 2024 WL 5119372 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Next, Sanchez brings a hostile work environment claim under Title VII. To survive summary judgment on a hostile work…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Employer’s Action Prevented Imputing Alleged Conduct
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In Goldzweig v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 2024 WL 5056350 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against Con Edison
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In Sabic-El-Rayess v. Teachers College, Columbia University, 24-CV-2891 (JMF), 2024 WL 4988408 (S.D.N.Y., 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of religious discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: By contrast, the Court concludes that Dr. Sabic-El-Rayess’s allegations are sufficient to state…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Against Columbia Survive Dismissal
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In Ancrum v. New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 2024 WL 5009145 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 6, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: For Title VII purposes, a workplace is actionably hostile when it…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Comments, While “Despicable” and “Offensive”, Held Not Actionable
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In Hall v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-10385 (JGK), 2024 WL 4979288 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “associational discrimination” claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. From the decision: The plaintiff also claims that the defendant discriminated against her based on her association…

Read More ADA Associational Discrimination Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Include Retraction of Job Offer Following Advocacy For Disabled Daughter
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