Employment Discrimination

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In Jones v. Fluor Facility & Plant Services, No. 24-5249, 2025 WL 707869 (6th Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a lower court’s award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the elements…

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In Walls v. City of New York, No. 156492/2024, 2025 WL 697108 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 04, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim on statute of limitations grounds. In doing so, the court applied the “continuing violation doctrine”: Defendants argue that Plaintiff’s claims…

Read More Applying “Continuing Violation Doctrine”, Court Rejects Statute of Limitations Challenge to Hostile Work Environment Claims
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In Bamba v. United States Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, 2025 WL 670188 (2d Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Bamba’s hostile…

Read More 2nd Circuit: Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed
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In Feliz v. Manhattan Restorative Health Sciences, Inc., No. 161563/2021, 2025 WL 574304 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of disability discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. The court summarized the basic legal…

Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Issues Existed as to Pretextual Nature of Termination
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In a recent case, Glapion v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC, No. 24-2232, 2025 WL 506649 (E.D.La. Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a claim for hostile work…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based in Part on Alleged Harassment by Customer, Survives Dismissal
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In Scribner v. State of New York Office of Court Administration, 6:24-cv-00252 (AMN/TWD), 2025 WL 487428 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on plaintiff’s hostile cork environment/constructive discharge claim. From the decision: As to Plaintiff’s second claim, Defendants primarily argue that Plaintiff has failed to…

Read More Hostile Work Environment / Constructive Discharge Claim Dismissed
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In Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., No. 101616/2017, 2025 WL 503245 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed Against Trump Campaign
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In Texiera v. Services for the Underserved, Inc., No. 152677/2020, 2025 WL 355451 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 23, 2025), an employment discrimination action, the court granted plaintiff’s motion to hold a subpoenaed witness in contempt for failing to appear for their deposition. From the decision: In this employment discrimination action, plaintiff moves…

Read More Court Grants Employment Discrimination Plaintiff’s Motion for Contempt Against Non-Party Witness For Failure to Appear for Deposition
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In Schoenadel v. YouGov America Inc., 22-cv-10236 (AS), 2025 WL 371089 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. Here held the…

Read More Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Adverse Actions Included Exclusion From Meetings
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In Pachura v. Lloyd J. Austin III, 6:21-cv-316 (AMN/MJK), 2025 WL 371786 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. While the court found that plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the work environment was objectively and subjectively “hostile,” the court found that…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Conduct Not Imputable to Employer
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