Employment Discrimination

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In Esqueda, M.D., Jonathan v. NYU Langone Hospitals, 2025 WL 1785870 (SDNY June 27, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. After summarizing the black-letter law applicable…

Read More Race, National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Mocking of Accent Insufficient
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In Collins, Sam v. Federal Express Corporation, 2025 WL 1764809 (2d Cir. June 26, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims as being time-barred. From the decision: We also agree that Collins’ hostile-work-environment claims are time-barred. A hostile work…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Against FedEx Properly Dismissed as Time-Barred, 2nd Circuit Holds
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In Simmons v. Baccarat Inc., No. 651516/2023, 2025 WL 1735659 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of hostile work environment and sexual harassment under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Moving Defendants correctly assert…

Read More Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment Claims Dismissed; Evidence Indicated That Plaintiff Participated in “Sexually Themed” Text Messages
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In Kapllanaj v. Healthfirst PHSP, Inc., No. 152720/2021, 2025 WL 1707852 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The branch of the motion for summary…

Read More Retaliation Claims Against Healthfirst Survive Summary Judgment
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In Samuel v. Institute for Community Living, Inc., No. 150885/2024, 2025 WL 1180332 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s employment discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation claims. The court summarized the facts as follows: Plaintiff alleges she always performed her work satisfactorily…

Read More Age Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include “Old Bitch”, “Fat Loser”, and “Piece of Crap” Comments
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In Owens v. PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLC, 1:24-cv-5517-GHW, 2025 WL 1677001 (S.D.N.Y. June 12, 2025), the court clarified the standard for “sexual harassment” claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court explained: The question, accordingly, becomes how to define the subset of discriminatory conduct that is also “sexual harassment.” As stated above, the…

Read More “Sexual Harassment” under the NYCHRL Need Not Be “Lewd or Sexual”; Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied
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In Rivera v. Target Corp., 24-CV-6965 (JPO), 2025 WL 1616863 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination claim, due to the failure to meet the “administrative exhaustion” requirement. From the decision: Rivera’s allegations before the EEOC made no reference to disability discrimination,…

Read More ADA Disability Discrimination Claim Dismissed Due to Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
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In Cosenza v. Rivian Automotive, LLC, Case No. 1:23-cv-01297-JEH, 2025 WL 1603911 (C.D.Ill. April 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff’s allegations met the “severe or pervasive” standard in connection with her claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After reviewing…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Include “Nice Tits” and Other Comments
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In Kukreja v. Scientific Systems Company et al, 24-CV-1364 (SFR), 2025 WL 1549071 (D.Conn. May 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In sum, plaintiff alleged that he incurred injuries while on a work trip, and that (for…

Read More Citing Timely Termination, Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims
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In Wallace v. Cheng, No. 159691/2023, 2025 WL 1116760 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 10, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: By decision and order dated May 12, 2022, the federal district…

Read More Federal Court Factual Findings Warrant Dismissal of New York State, City Human Rights Law Race Discrimination Claims
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