In Loiseau et al v. Bozzuto’s Inc. et al, No. CV 3:22-CV-01485 (JCH), 2025 WL 3295434 (D. Conn. Nov. 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ race-based hostile work environment claims. The court summarized the black-letter law as follows: To prevail on a hostile work environment claim under…
Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary JudgmentIn Taylor v. PJ Cheese, Inc., No. 3:25CV355, 2025 WL 3215734 (E.D. Va. Nov. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant Papa John’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Taylor states that he found the…
Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Discomfort, Tight spaces, and Some Unwanted Contact by Coworkers InsufficientIn Yehoshua v. Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority et al, No. 21-CV-4055 (FB) (RML), 2025 WL 3251032 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s clams of a religion-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From…
Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Against NYC Transit Authority Dismissed on Summary JudgmentIn Brooks v. Chester Valley Golf Club, No. CV 25-761, 2025 WL 3210349 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: The last incident on which Plaintiff relies to support her allegation of a hostile work environment, and…
Read More Sex, Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Comments Allegedly Invoking the “Angry Black Woman” Stereotype, DismissedIn Granger v. City of Anderson Transit System, No. 1:23-CV-01548-JPH-TAB, 2025 WL 3199889 (S.D. Ind. Nov. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to plaintiff’s sex-based claim, the…
Read More Despite Alleged “Bitch” Comment, Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim InsufficientIn Scheppelman v. County of Berrien, No. 1:24-CV-1104, 2025 WL 3119191 (W.D. Mich. Nov. 7, 2025), the court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, due to the absence of vicarious liability. Initially, the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment: Scheppelman argues that she was constructively discharged…
Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Vicarious Liability Not Sufficiently AllegedIn Dale v. Cerberus Security LLC, No. 1:25-CV-917, 2025 WL 3041819 (W.D. Mich. Oct. 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Plaintiffs point to the following allegations in support of their claims. Pamela “was told by management on numerous occasions that she did…
Read More “Despicable” Racist Comments Nevertheless Insufficient to State Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court HoldsIn Rhone v. Marco A. Rubio, No. CV 24-3389 (RC), 2025 WL 3017791 (D.D.C. Oct. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To plead a hostile work environment claim, the plaintiff must…
Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Against Marco Rubio Dismissed; Allegations Described “Ordinary Tribulations” of the Workplace
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In Holsten v. Barclays Servs. LLC, No. 3:24CV844 (RCY), 2025 WL 2696991 (E.D. Va. Sept. 22, 2025), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a sex-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, therefore, in accordance with the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act…
Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged; Motion to Compel Arbitration DeniedIn Singh v. Accutime Watch Corp., 24-CV-8007 (JPO), 2025 WL 2916135 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint asserting a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York…
Read More National Origin, Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on “Disproportionate Workload”, Dismissed