Hostile Work Environment

In Norris v. Frito-Lay, Inc., CIVIL ACTION No. 24-4023-KHV, 2025 WL 1423583 (D.Kan. May 16, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim, asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, plaintiff has presented evidence that (1)…

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In Couch v. City of Virginia Beach, ACTION NO. 2:22cv196, 2025 WL 672733 (E.D.Va. March 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: In determining whether alleged actions are “sufficiently severe or pervasive,” courts…

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In Walters v. Shintech, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 23-277-JWD-SDJ, 2025 WL 918450 (M.D.La. March 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In order to show a hostile work environment…

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In Matlock v. Board of Trustees of University of Illinois, 2025 WL 1359068 (N.D.Ill. May 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The next question is whether, considering the above evidentiary limitations, Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that she was subjected to a…

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In Holloway v. Tully Construction Co. Inc., No. 157573/2021, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 50739(U), 2025 WL 1364359 (Sup Ct, May 07, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s gender discrimination claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: While plaintiff’s first cause of action appears to…

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In Stouch v. Department of Child Protection and Permanency et al, 2025 WL 1338221 (N.J.Super.A.D., 2025), the court, inter alia, reversed the grant of summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. From the decision: A hostile work environment claim requires consideration of “the totality of the circumstances.”…

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In Qamar v. Board of Trustees of Governors State University, 2025 WL 1309843 (N.D.Ill. May 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: As previewed, to bring this cause of action, the…

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In Smart, Kathyann v. USA Labor for Hire, Inc., RC Global Energy Group, Inc., Oleg Tsimbler, No. 24-1791, 2025 WL 1217365 (2d Cir. April 28, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion for new trial or remittitur on plaintiff’s claims of hostile…

Read More 2nd Circuit Holds That Jury Properly Found Hostile Work Environment, Based on Racially Derogatory and Sexist Language,
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In Yuliano v. Cent. Park West Orthodontics P.C., No. 161370/2019, 2025 WL 1168160 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The City HRL must be “construed liberally…

Read More Citing Alleged Instruction to “Sexualize” Plaintiff’s Appearance, Court Allows Hostile Work Environment Claim to Proceed
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