Court: SDNY

In Moore, Kim v. Hadestown Broadway Limited Liability Company, No. 23-CV-4837 (LAP), 2024 WL 989843 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (in an opinion authored by Judge Preska), inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. (I wrote about the court’s…

Read More Actress Plausibly Alleges Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Under NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws (But Not Title VII)
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In Moore, Kim v. Hadestown Broadway Limited Liability Company, No. 23-CV-4837 (LAP), 2024 WL 989843 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (in an opinion authored by Judge Preska), inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based discriminatory termination claims. The court discussed, and applied, the…

Read More Actress Plausibly Alleges Race-Based Discriminatory Termination, Court Holds
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In  Sawyers v. Christine McMahon, 1:23-cv-05494 (PAE) (SDA), 2024 WL 665681 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. This decision, like many, illustrates that in order to be actionable, the alleged hostility must be connected to the plaintiff’s membership in a protected class (such as sex, race, etc.).…

Read More Lacking Link to Protected Class, Alleged Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed
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In Brown v. Cnty. of Westchester, 22-CV-06146 (PMH), 2024 WL 21937 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 2, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race discrimination, sex/gender discrimination, and hostile work environment (but only as to timely conduct). From the decision: To establish a prima facie case of discrimination under Title VII…

Read More Title VII Race Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed as Time-Barred
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In Murillo-Roman v. Pension Boards – United Church of Christ, Case No. 1:22-cv-08365 (JLR), 2024 WL 246018 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2024), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of employment discrimination. The court discussed and applied the law as follows: Plaintiff’s claims of race and national-origin discrimination under Title VII and Section…

Read More Title VII Race, National Origin Discriminatory Termination Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Weaver v. Bloomberg L.P., 22 Civ. 8201 (PAE), 2024 WL 693166 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of race-based employment discrimination (termination). This case illustrates how courts apply the three-step McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework when analyzing discrimination claims. From the decision: The Court finds that…

Read More Race-Based Termination Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Bloomberg L.P.
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In Banks v. McGlynn, Hays & Co., Inc., No. 1:19-cv-05727 (JLR) (RWL), 2024 WL 689145 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981.  From the decision: Plaintiff points to the text message, the music event, and the car…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, Notwithstanding “Rigger” Comment
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In Elgalad v. New York City Department of Education, et al., 2024 WL 621617 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on his retaliation claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. After summarizing the “black letter” law as to this claim, the court…

Read More Teacher’s Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment, in Part
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In Dobney v. The Walt Disney Company et al, 23-CV-5380 (JPO), 2024 WL 325336 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2024), the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s various discrimination claims – including disparate treatment and constructive discharge – under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: First, Dobney sufficiently pleads a…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Include Burdens, Assignment of Disproportionately Heavy Workload, and Constructive Discharge
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