Hostile Work Environment

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In Wilson et al v. City of Greenville, Mississippi et al, No. 4:22CV64-GHD-DAS, 2023 WL 7021295 (N.D.Miss. Oct. 25, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiffs’ claims of retaliatory hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision:…

Read More Title VII Retaliatory Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Alleged Harassment Occurred Shortly After EEOC Charge
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In Wilson et al v. City of Greenville, Mississippi et al, No. 4:22CV64-GHD-DAS, 2023 WL 7021295 (N.D.Miss. Oct. 25, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiffs’ claims of hostile work environment based on sex and sexual orientation asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Include Remarks About Sexual Orientation
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In Bethea v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, 2023 WL 6284425 (D.S.C. Sept. 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on the ground that it was not “administratively exhausted” at the U.S. Equal Employment…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed as Not “Administratively Exhausted” at the EEOC
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In Schlosser v. Vrhabilis, LLC, 2023 WL 6881044 (E.D.Tenn. Oct. 18, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act o 1964. From the decision: In this case, Schlosser proffered sufficient evidence from which…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Post-Verdict Motion; Evidence Included Unequal Treatment & Verbal Abuse
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In Beran v. VSL North Platte Court LLC, No. 7:21CV5003, 2023 WL 6880146 (D.Neb. Oct. 18, 2023), the court, inter alia, upheld a jury verdict finding in plaintiff’s favor on her hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In finding that the evidence of a…

Read More Sexual Harassment Jury Verdict Upheld; Evidence Included Groping of Butt, Breasts
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In Walker v. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority et al, No. 160839/21, 2022-04246, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 05344, 2023 WL 6884130 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Oct. 19, 2023), the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed the trial court’s Order denying defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s causes of action for discrimination and retaliation under the New York…

Read More Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Gender-Motivated Violence Act, Aiding & Abetting Claims Survive Dismissal Against Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority
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In Puppo v. Bluemercury, Inc., No. 152105/2021, 2023 WL 6812153 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 13, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of constructive discharge and hostile work environment sexual harassment. Among plaintiff’s allegations were that plaintiff (a sales associate) inadvertently sent her then-manager (individual defendant Morta)…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims, Arising From Ridicule Associated With Dissemination of “Intimate Image”, Sufficiently Alleged
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In Manns v. New York State Dept. of Financial Services, No. 160479/2022, 2023 WL 6812166 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 16, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that she…

Read More Alleged “Racist and Sexist Verbal Attacks” Support Hostile Work Environment Claim Under Amended NYS Human Rights Law
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In Shah v. Shirley Ryan Abilitylab, 2023 WL 6388228 (N.D.Ill. Sept. 29, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment and constructive discharge claims. From the decision: To allege a plausible hostile work environment claim, the environment must be “both subjectively and objectively offensive,” and the conduct constituting the…

Read More “Routine Annoyances” Did Not Give Rise to Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge Claims
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In Spencer v. Global Innovative Group, LLC, 17 Civ. 7604 (PGG) (BCM), 2023 WL 6633860 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 12, 2023), the court declined to adopt a Magistrate Judge’s Report & Recommendation that plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim be dismissed. This decision – and in particular, its thorough evaluation and analysis of pertinent case law (both within…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Single Use of the “N-Word”, Survives Dismissal
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