In Little v. R & L Carriers, Inc. et al, 3:24-CV-836 (OAW), 2025 WL 744276 (D.Conn. March 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To establish a hostile work environment claim under…
Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives DismissalIn Lilly v. The State of New York, No. 155539/2024, 2025 WL 592918 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of disability discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision; To state an employment discrimination…
Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently AllegedIn Modny et al v. Foley Hoag LLP et al, 24-CV-5586 (JMF), 2025 WL 487308 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims. From the decision: [T]he Court rejects the Moving Defendants’ challenge to Modny’s national origin disparate treatment claim under Title VII, the NYCHRL,…
Read More National Origin, and Other, Discrimination Claims Survive DismissalIn Kulick v. Gordon Property Group, LLC et al, 23 Civ. 9928 (KPF), 2025 WL 448333 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged sex-based discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court has analyzed Plaintiff’s NYSHRL and NYCHRL discrimination…
Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Gender Stereotypical Nicknames and Insults of Weight and AppearanceIn Motayne v. Specialty Food Association et al, No. 157671/2023, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 50091(U), 2025 WL 339817 (Sup Ct, Jan. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race-based discriminatory termination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, defendants do…
Read More Race-Based Discriminatory Termination Claims Survive DismissalIn Campbell v. Authentic Brands Group LLC, No. 155160/2020, 2025 WL 104601 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s cause of action for sex-based discrimination against certain defendants. From the decision: Campbell has sufficiently stated a cause of action for sex-based discrimination against…
Read More Sex-Based Discrimination Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Comments About Appearance and Hair TouchingIn Acosta v. Kennedy Children’s Center, 24 Civ. 3358, 2025 WL 70141 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From…
Read More PTSD-Related Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged, Court HoldsIn Hall v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-10385 (JGK), 2024 WL 4979288 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “associational discrimination” claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. From the decision: The plaintiff also claims that the defendant discriminated against her based on her association…
Read More ADA Associational Discrimination Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Include Retraction of Job Offer Following Advocacy For Disabled DaughterIn Hall v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-10385 (JGK), 2024 WL 4979288 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure-to-hire claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). From the decision: The plaintiff asserts that the defendant retracted her job offer and failed to hire…
Read More Legally Blind Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Failure-to-Hire Claim Under the ADA, Court RulesIn Mazzuchelli v. Immutable Pty. Ltd and Lightsource Global, 23-cv-7885 (NSR), 2024 WL 4817535 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s pregnancy discrimination claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: To state a claim…
Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Termination Occurred Less Than a Month After Pregnancy Disclosure