Employment Discrimination

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In Kilvert v. City Winery, LLC, No. 161087/2024, 2026 WL 1847596 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 16, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion to amend their complaint to add a claim of disability discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The standard for determining liability for discrimination-based…

Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Leave to Amend Complaint Granted
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In Pusey, Audrey v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, No. 25-CV-81619, 2026 WL 1792786 (S.D. Fla. June 23, 2026), 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. In sum, plaintiff alleged that defendant discriminated against her…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim (Barely) Survives Dismissal
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In Rains v. Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy, No. 3:25-CV-717-CAB-MMP, 2026 WL 1653487 (S.D. Cal. June 8, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a hostile work…

Read More Navy Employee Sufficiently Alleges Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Under Title VII, Court Finds
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In Brooks v. Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., et al, No. 25-1830-CV, 2026 WL 1660493 (2d Cir. June 9, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court decision, and held that plaintiff plausibly alleged race discrimination in the form of termination and failure to promote under Title VII of…

Read More Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Race-Based Discrimination Claims
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In Wheeler v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland et al, No. CV JKB-25-3558, 2026 WL 1679123 (D. Md. June 10, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a Title VII hostile work…

Read More Office’s Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Racial Slur by Inmate, Survives Dismissal
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In Watkins v. Wesley Homes, No. 2:25-CV-00290-LK, 2026 WL 1649579 (W.D. Wash. June 8, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. To succeed on her hostile work environment claim, Watkins is required to establish that: (1) she was subjected to a hostile work environment, and (2) Wesley…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Isolated Incidents Insufficient
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In Simmons v. Baccarat Inc., No. 651516/2023, 2026 WL 1538161 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 26, 2026), the court granted plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend their complaint alleging employment discrimination. Initially, the court denied plaintiff’s motion to reargue the court’s June 23, 2025 decision and order granting defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s original complaint, which…

Read More Motion to Amend Discrimination Complaint Granted; Pleading Deficiencies Cured
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In Perelman v. Federal Reserve District Bank of New York, No. 1:25-CV-02125 (JLR), 2026 WL 1584729 (S.D.N.Y. June 3, 2026), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s “hostile hiring environment” claim: Plaintiff also claims that Defendant created a “hostile hiring environment” under these same federal statutes by failing to hire him. AC ¶ 3. The Amended…

Read More Court Dismisses “Hostile Hiring Environment” Claim, as Plaintiff Never Worked For Defendant
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In Watson v. Metro. Transit Auth., 248 A.D.3d 1158 (N.Y. App. Div. 2026), the court, inter alia, held that a release did not apply to bar plaintiff’s employment discrimination action. From the decision: Generally, a valid release constitutes a complete bar to an action on a claim which is the subject of the release” (Centro…

Read More Employment Discrimination Claims Not Barred By Release; But Held Insufficiently Pled
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In Thomasson v. State ex rel. Bd. of Regents of Nevada Sys. of Higher Educ., No. 3:25-CV-00611-MMD-CLB, 2026 WL 1346640 (D. Nev. May 13, 2026), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Defendant moves to dismiss…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Complaint Dismissed For Failure to Satisfy Rule 8’s “Short and Plain Statement” Requirement
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