D Motion for Summary Judgment Denied (Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment)

July 12, 2024 by mjpospis

Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against JetBlue; Jury Could Find that Response Was Inadequate

In Payne v. JetBlue Airways Corp., Steven Tenorio, 2024 WL 3360381 (E.D.N.Y. July 9, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act off 1964. In sum, plaintiff (an inflight crewmember for defendant airline) alleges…

Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Included Sex Stereotyping and Comments About Sex Life

In Riggs v. Akamai Technologies et al, No. 1:23-CV-06463-LTS, 2024 WL 3347032 (S.D.N.Y. July 8, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss, and held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged, a hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State and City…

Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Included Masturbation in Plaintiff’s Presence

In Oman v. State of Hawai’i Department of Education, No. 21-00462 MWJS-WRP, 2024 WL 3090229 (D.Hawai’i June 21, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff, a public middle school counselor (Oman)…