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…
Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives DismissalIn 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…
Read More Gender Discrimination Claim, Arising From Unisex Bathroom Issues, Survives Summary JudgmentIn 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.”…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)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…
Read More National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged Harassing Emails Sent at “Odd Hours” Insufficient
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In Sean C.I.R. v. Nexstar Media Group Inc., No. 150543/2024, 2025 WL 944582, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 30975(U), 7–8 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of a race-based hostile work environment under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.…
Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims DismissedIn 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 ProceedIn Noh v. Admarketplace, Inc., 24 Civ. 2107 (ER), 2025 WL 965882 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the New York State and City…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Race and Sex, Survive DismissalIn Huber v. TIAA, 2025 WL 1139131 (W.D.Va. April 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff alleged that defendant engaged in religious discrimination by failing to accommodate her request for a…
Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim DismissedIn Fisher v. N-Stock Box, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-15, 2025 WL 1141842 (S.D.Ohio April 16, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims, on the ground that plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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