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In Boncoeur v. Haverstrap-Stony Point Central School District et al, 20-CV-10923, 2022 WL 845770 (S.D.N.Y. March 22, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim(s). This case is yet another example of how a work environment that is “hostile” in the dictionary sense is not necessarily a “hostile work environment” under the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations of Mocking Accent, “Micro-Aggressions”, and Push Out of Office Insufficient
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In Bautista v. Chanel, Inc., 20 Civ. 4676, 2022 WL 374496 (SDNY Feb. 8, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of race and national origin discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York City Human Rights Law. The court…

Read More Race, National Origin Discrimination Claims Against Chanel Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Derogatory Comments About Speaking Spanish
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In Barbini v. First Niagara Bank N.A. et al, 16-cv-7887, 2022 WL 623184 (S.D.N.Y. March 3, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim that she suffered retaliation for opposing sexual harassment. From the decision: After due consideration, the Court concludes that a material dispute of fact precludes summary…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Arising From Opposition to Sexual Harassment (Assisting With Complaint), Survives Summary Judgment
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In McKinney v. State of New York et al, 19-CV-3920, 2022 WL 602970 (S.D.N.Y. March 1, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s (a correction officer) race-based hostile work environment claim. The court summarized the “black letter” law of this claim as follows: To state a hostile work environment claim, Plaintiff must show that Defendants’…

Read More Off-Premises Conduct Did Not Give Rise to Racially Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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In Wilkins v. United Parcel Service, Inc. d/b/a UPS et al, 19-cv-8180, 2022 WL 597431 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is a good example…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Survives Summary Judgment Against UPS
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In Harris v. Oscar De La Renta, LLC, 2022 WL 540659 (SDNY Feb. 22, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based failure-to-hire claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In this case, the plaintiff states a claim for failure to hire. The…

Read More Race-Based Failure-to-Hire Discrimination Claim Will Proceed Against Oscar De La Renta
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In Mondelo v. Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP et al, 21-cv-02512, 2022 WL 524551 (SDNY Feb. 22, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Spanish Ethnicity/Ancestry/National Origin-based hostile work environment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights…

Read More Spanish Ethnicity/Ancestry/National Origin Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Against Quinn, Emanuel Law Firm
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In Maher v. Nusret New York LLC, 2022 WL 443619 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2022), the court granted plaintiff’s motion to remand this case back to state court, due to the absence of federal subject matter jurisdiction. From the decision: The purported federal question raised, in defendant’s view, is whether CPLR § 7515 is preempted by…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Case Against Nusret New York Remanded to State Court; Federal Question Not Raised By Alleged Arbitration Preemption
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In Brown v. Montefiore Medical Center, 19-CV-11474, 2022 WL 392313 (S.D.N.Y. February 9, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint – which alleged employment (race) discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation – to allege constructive discharge stemming from a hostile work environment claim. (In a prior decision, dated March 25,…

Read More Request to Amend Race Discrimination Complaint to Add Constructive Discharge Claim Denied as “Futile”
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In Crowley v. Billboard Magazine, No. 19-cv-7571, 2021 WL 6033608 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 21, 2021), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. This…

Read More Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claim Dismissed; Sending Sexually-Charged Messages Was Sufficient Reason For Termination, Notwithstanding That The Conduct Was Not Specifically Forbidden
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