Hostile Work Environment

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In Lintenich v. PFTN Columbia, LLC d/b/a Planet Fitness, Case No. 1:21-cv-00036, 2022 WL 14812633 (M.D.Tenn. October 25, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment. The evidence included the following messages sent to plaintiff (the last of which was a voice message):…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Gym; Evidence Included Sexual Text and Voice Messages
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In Aykac v. City of New York, No. 805009/2022, 2022 WL 11926504 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 20, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s disability-based discrimination and hostile work environment claims. As to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, the court explained: With respect to the plaintiff’s contention that he was subjected to…

Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Fat”, “Malingerer” Comments Insufficient
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In Belvin et al v. Electchester Management, LLC, 2022 WL 10586743 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 18, 2022) – in which plaintiffs assert claims of, inter alia, hostile work environment – the court ruled on various motions in limine filed by the parties. In one motion, defendant asked the court to preclude testimony from two nonparty employees of defendant…

Read More Other-Employee Harassment Relevant to Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court Holds
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In Harding v. Dorilton Capital Advisors LLC et al, No. 22 Civ 01726 (CM), 2022 WL 10650256 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 18, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges that Mathew [his direct supervisor] engaged in conduct that was not facially neutral because…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Contentions of Negative Treatment Relative to White Teammates, Sufficiently Alleged
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In Butler v. Ford Motor Company, 2022 WL 4448724 (N.D.Ill. Sept. 23, 2022), the court dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. In sum, plaintiff alleges that her co-worker yelled in her face, “You bitches on this line be tweaking!”. This decision teaches that not every utterance of an offensive, sex-based term will give…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Co-Worker’s One-Time Use of “Offensive and Odious” Term “Bitches” Deemed Insufficient by Court
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In Fugarino v. Milling, Benson, Woodward LLP, No. 21-594, 2022 WL 6743191 (E.D.La. Oct. 11, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’ motion on plaintiff’s claim of a sex/pregnancy-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court summarized plaintiff’s proof, at least in part, as follows:…

Read More Sex/Pregnancy Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Louisiana Law Firm
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In Lent v. The City of New York, et al., No. 1642 2, 2021-04616, 2022 WL 7177790 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Oct. 13, 2022), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s age discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation claims. As to plaintiff’s discrimination claims, the court explained: The court properly dismissed plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Dismissed; “Old Enough to Retire” Comment Insufficient
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In Lum v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 05594 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Oct. 6, 2022), the court modified a lower court order to reinstate plaintiff’s claims for national origin discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, and for sexual harassment under the New York City Human…

Read More National Origin, Sexual Harassment Claims Reinstated Against Con Edison
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In Zaja v. SUNY Upstate Medical University/Upstate Healthcare Center, 5:20-CV-337 (MAD/TWD), 2022 WL 4465498 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted 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. (The court did, however, deny defendant’s motion for…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; While Sex-Based Conduct Was “Severe”, There Was No Basis For Imputing Conduct to Defendant
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In Matthew v. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts et al, No. 21 Civ. 5337 (JPC), 2022 WL 4626511 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Taking into consideration all…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Belittling of Black Employees
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