Court: U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

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In Qin v. Vertex, Inc., 2024 WL 1920379 (3d Cir. May 2, 2024), the court affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Qin alleged that he suffered a hostile work environment. He points to…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; Three Comments Over Nearly Two Decades Insufficient
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In Stein v. Attorney General United States of America, 2023 WL 3993014 (3d Cir. June 14, 2023) (not precedential), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In this case, the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissal Was Proper in Light of Defendant’s “Prompt,” “Effective” Response: 3rd Circuit
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In a recent case, Kengerski v. Orlando Harper; County of Allegheny, 2021 WL 3199225 (3d Cir. July 29, 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived the plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is instructive as to the claim for so-called “associational…

Read More Title VII “Race-Association” Retaliation Claim, Arising From “Monkey” Comment, Improperly Dismissed on Summary Judgment, Third Circuit Holds
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A recent case, Ellis v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 2021 WL 829620 (3d Cir. March 4, 2021), involves an increasingly-common scenario: an employee of a (non-public) employer suffers a negative job action due to their outside-work social-media posting(s). In this case, the plaintiff (who is white) was terminated following her alleged Facebook post…

Read More Title VII Race Discrimination Dismissal Affirmed; Termination For Controversial Social Media Posts Was Not Unlawful Discrimination
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