Employment Discrimination

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In Brown v. Montefiore Medical Center, 19-CV-11474, 2022 WL 392313 (S.D.N.Y. February 9, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint – which alleged employment (race) discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation – to allege constructive discharge stemming from a hostile work environment claim. (In a prior decision, dated March 25,…

Read More Request to Amend Race Discrimination Complaint to Add Constructive Discharge Claim Denied as “Futile”
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In Boatright v. U.S. Bancorp, 20-4236-cv, 2022 WL 351059 (2d Cir. Feb. 7, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s race- and gender-based discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New…

Read More Race, Gender-Based Pay Discrimination Claim Dismissal Affirmed; Alleged “Shifting Explanations” Did Not Permit Finding of Pretext
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In Buczakowski v. Crouse Health Hospital, Inc., et al, 5:18-CV-0330 (LEK/ML), 2022 WL 356698 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: Viewing the record in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, she…

Read More Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Alleged Lack of Progressive Discipline
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In Chandler v. La-Z-Boy, Inc., No. 5:21-cv-05101-JMG, 2022 WL 348169 (E.D.Pa. Feb. 4, 2022), the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s discrimination/constructive discharge and hostile work environment claims asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that three weeks into her employment, she was called a “colored girl” by her manager, and…

Read More Constructive Discharge Claim, Based on “Colored Girl” Comment, Fails
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In Huayuan Chen v. Stony Brook University Advancement et al, 2022 WL 289317 (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff’s claim of national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the…

Read More Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Chinese-Based National Origin Discrimination Claim
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In Adeniji v. The City of New York et al, 19-CV-8032, 2022 WL 254939 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2022), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged race discrimination against the City of New York asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Among other things, the court discussed and applied the…

Read More Title VII Race Discrimination Claim (Based on “Lazy”, “Inferior” Remarks) Survives Against City of New York
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In Montgomery v ELRAC, Enterprise Holdings, No. 15181, 2021-03162, 25814/16E, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 00508, 2022 WL 243072 (NY App. Div. 1 Dept. Jan. 27, 2022), an employment discrimination action, the court affirmed the lower court’s order granting defendants’ motion to change venue from Bronx County to New York County (Manhattan). When plaintiff commenced this…

Read More Discrimination Lawsuit Venue Change, From Bronx to Manhattan, Upheld
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In Tihan v Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., No. 15121, 152196/19, 2021-00637, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 00365, 2022 WL 174477 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Jan. 20, 2022), the New York Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing plaintiff’s religion- and national origin-based employment discrimination claims. In this case, plaintiff – a Muslim man…

Read More Court Affirms Dismissal of National Origin, Religious Discrimination Claims Against Apollo Management Holdings
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In Joyce v. Remark Holdings, Inc. et al, 2022 WL 179839 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Joyce points to three specific instances to argue that Tao created a hostile work environment. First, when Joyce…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Limited Interactions With Alleged HWE Creator
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In Huffman v. Brooklyn College, The City University of New York and Anne Lopes, No. 20-CV-06156, 2022 WL 43766 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 5, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motions to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin- and age-based discrimination claims. As to plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims, the court explained: The court has little difficulty concluding…

Read More CUNY Italian Professor’s National Origin Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged
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