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In New York State Division of Human Rights v. Boro Park Senior Living Community, LLC, No. 2020-06565, 522888/19, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 00425, 2023 WL 1425578 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Feb. 01, 2023), the court, inter alia, confirmed the determination of the New York State Division of Human Rights awarding the complainant damages arising from discrimination…

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In Ortiz v. Federal Bureau of Prisons et al, 2023 WL 1447920 (E.D.Cal. Feb. 1, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the “black letter” law governing this claim, the court applied it…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged Yelling, Glaring, Etc. Insufficient
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In Skinner v. American Pollution Control Corp, 2023 WL 186950 (W.D.La. Jan. 13, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. This case involves repeated use of the “N word” in the presence of plaintiff, an African American man. From the decision: AMPOL also argues…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Survives Summary Judgment
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In Syeed v. Bloomberg L.P., 2023 WL 350565 (2d Cir. Jan. 23, 2023), the court addressed, and certified to the New York Court of Appeals, the following question: Whether a nonresident plaintiff not yet employed in New York City or State satisfies the NYCHRL or NYSHRL impact requirement if the plaintiff pleads and later proves…

Read More Second Circuit Certifies Question of Geographic Applicability of NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws to NY Court of Appeals
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In Wasserman v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management, et al, Defendants., No. 21-0026 (ABJ), 2023 WL 157319 (D.D.C. Jan. 11, 2023), the court dismissed plaintiff’s age- and gender-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the…

Read More Conduct by “Mean Girls” Insufficient to Give Rise to Actionable “Hostile Work Environment”, Court HoldsEngaged in
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In Lugo v. Jfk Cartage, Inc., No. 704862/22, 2022 WL 17733500 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Queens County Nov. 23, 2022), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of employment discrimination asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: On a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of…

Read More Age Discrimination Complaint Passes Muster Under the NYS Human Rights Law
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In Anderson v. US Polymers-Accurez, LLC, Case No. 4:22-cv-1022-MTS, 2022 WL 17496062 (E.D.Mo. Dec. 8, 2022), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. This case is instructive as to how courts assess the pleading sufficiency…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Forced Transfer May Constitute an “Adverse Employment Action”
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In Tatas v. Ali Baba’s Terrace, Inc. et al, 2022 WL 18027620, (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 30, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for reconsideration of the court’s prior order that there existed a genuine issue of material fact on plaintiff’s race and national origin discrimination claims. In sum, in this case the plaintiff (who…

Read More National Origin Discrimination Claim Proceeds; National Origin of Alleged Discriminator Was Not a “Material” Issue
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In Parker v. Israel Discount Bank of New York, Inc., No. 21-CV-7196 (VEC), 2022 WL 16833626 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2022), the court discussed and applied the “administrative exhaustion” requirement for asserting a claim in court under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, it denied plaintiff’s motion to amend her complaint to…

Read More “Passing References” to Gender in EEOC Charge Insufficient to Exhaust Administrative Remedy; Leave to Amend Complaint Denied as Futile
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A recent decision, Dominguez v. Malecon Shipping, Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 07221 (N.Y. App. Div. 2nd Dept. Dec. 21, 2022), illustrates what happens, procedurally, when a defendant’s answer is stricken. From the decision: In May 2018, the plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia, to recover unpaid wages, and damages for violations of the Labor…

Read More Sex Discrimination Case Should Have Been Limited to Damages Only Following Stricken Complaint, Court Holds
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