Court: U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

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In Rinaldi v. Paul Mills, NICE, Christine Bonamarte, NICE Systems, Inc., NICE-Actimize, Richard Malish, Barak Eilam et al, 2022 WL 17480081 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2022), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Here, the parties do not dispute that Rinaldi established…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed; Comments re Not “Fitting In” and “Catching On” Insufficient
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In Wilson v. New York and Presbyterian Hospital et al, 2022 WL 17587564 (2d Cir. Dec. 13, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Finally, Wilson argues that the district court erred in dismissing his NYSHRL sexually hostile work environment claim. It did…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim, Based in Part on Workplace Pornography Viewing, Properly Dismissed
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In Braunstein v. Sahara Plaza, LLC, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (Maryland) LLC, 2022 WL 17480962 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: To succeed on a hostile work environment claim under either Title VII or the NYSHRL, Braunstein…

Read More Dismissal of Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Affirmed, Notwithstanding “Bitch”
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In Estevez v. Berkeley College et al, 2022 WL 16843460 (2d Cir. Nov. 10, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: With respect to the Employees’…

Read More 2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Hostile Work Environment Claims Against Berkeley College
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In Truitt v. Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, 2022 WL 14995367 (2d Cir. Oct. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a lower court order that granted defendant summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim that defendant discriminated against him for engaging in “political activities” in violation of New York Labor Law § 201-d. In this case,…

Read More Second Circuit Vacates Dismissal of NY Labor Law § 201-d “Political Activities” Discrimination Claim
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In Leroy v. Delta Air Lines, 2022 WL 12144507 (2d Cir. Oct. 21, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. In sum, plaintiff alleges that, while working as a flight attendant for Delta, she was subjected to drug testing, wrongfully suspended,…

Read More Flight Attendant’s Retaliation Claim, Based on Airline’s Report of Racist Remark By Passenger, Properly Dismissed
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In Myers v. Inspector Mary Christine Doherty et al, 2022 WL 4477050 (2d Cir. Sept. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal (for failure to state a claim) of plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (the analysis of which parallels the evaluation of…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Dismissal Affirmed; Conduct, Though Unpleasant, Was Too Sparse to be Actionable
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In Black v. Buffalo Meat Service, Inc., d/b/a Boulevard Black Angus, 21-1468, 2022 WL 2902693 (C.A.2 July 22, 2022), the court affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment and constructive discharge claims. From the decision: Next, even assuming Black has standing to pursue her constructive discharge claims, we…

Read More Single Racial Slur Insufficient to Establish Hostile Work Environment or Constructive Discharge, Second Circuit Holds
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In Valentia Villetti, Faiza Jibril, M.D. v. Guidepoint Global LLC, 21-2059-cv, 2022 WL 2525662 (2d Cir. July 7, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, vacated the lower court’s summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State…

Read More Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Court Cites Temporal Proximity Between Complaints and Termination and Inconsistent Explanations For Termination
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In Leroy v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2022 WL 2069281 (2d Cir. June 9, 2022), the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law, N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107(7). This case arose from an incident in which a passenger allegedly called plaintiff flight attendant a…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Based on Alleged Racial Comment by Airline Passenger, Properly Dismissed
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