In Grant v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., No. 152844/2022, 2024 WL 1532777 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 09, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of constructive discharge asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: To establish a prima facie…
Read More Constructive Discharge Claim Sufficiently AllegedIn Gordon-Mallett v. Mount Sinai Hospitals Group, Inc. et al, 22-cv-1159 (LJL), 2024 WL 1513910 (S.D.N.Y. April 8, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. As to…
Read More Sex, Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Against Mt. Sinai Survive Summary JudgmentIn Floyd v. New York Public Radio, 23-cv-1096 (ALC), 2024 WL 1407058 (S.D.N.Y. April 2, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of Pay Inequality under New York Labor Law § 194. The court summarized the black-letter law as follows: To establish an equal pay violation of the New York…
Read More Radio Host Jami Floyd’s Pay Discrimination Claim Under NY Labor Law 194 Survives DismissalIn Floyd v. New York Public Radio, 23-cv-1096 (ALC), 2024 WL 1407058 (S.D.N.Y. April 2, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race discrimination asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. After summarizing the relevant…
Read More Radio Host Jami Floyd’s Race Discrimination Survives Motion to DismissIn Mays v. Powder Coating Plus, Inc., 2024 WL 894948 (D.Nev. Feb. 29, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff does not allege any subjection to sexual conduct that was linked to…
Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed, Absent Further Details of Alleged HarassmentIn Goldberg v. Bespoke Real Estate LLC, et al, 23-CV-5614 (JPO), 2024 WL 1256006 (S.D.N.Y. March 25, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: The Goldberg Plaintiffs next bring a claim of hostile work environment under 42…
Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal, Notwithstanding Plaintiff’s Alleged Use of Offensive LanguageIn Jacobs v. Hudson Valley Family Physicians, PLLC, 1:22-CV-1184, 2024 WL 1200002 (N.D.N.Y. March 20, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiffs allege that…
Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Plausibly Alleged; Court Cites “Subtext” of “Suggestive” Text Messages & PhotographsIn Renondeau v. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Aquarium et al, 19-CV-2415 (VSB), 2024 WL 1156643 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim is based on many of the same allegations that underlie his…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Haitian Motherfucker” & “Haitian Sensation” Comments InsufficientIn Syeed v Bloomberg L.P., No. 20, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 01330, 2024 WL 1097279 (N.Y. Ct. App. Mar. 14, 2024), the New York Court of Appeals, answered the following certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Whether a nonresident plaintiff not yet employed in New York City or State…
Read More NY Court of Appeals Issues Worker-Friendly Decision as to NYC Human Rights Law’s “Impact” RequirementIn Floyd v. Jewish Bd. of Family and Children’s Services, No. 155925/2019, 2024 WL 1096320 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 13, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment based on plaintiff’s sexual orientation, in violation of the New York City Human Rights…
Read More Sexual Orientation-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed