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In Dominguez et al v. Mega Mart LLC d/b/a Chestnut Supermarket et al, No. 23-CV-1372 (EK)(PCG), 2026 WL 865824 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim of a race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: To plead a hostile work…

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In Francesco Roberto Sebastiani v. Brooklyn Hospital Center et al, No. 19-CV-253 (EK)(ST), 2026 WL 820695 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. In sum, plaintiff alleges that his ex-girlfriend sexually harassed him both during and outside of working hours. In…

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In Thompson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 22-CV-4732 (EK)(SDE), 2025 WL 2962734 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 2, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender-based discrimination (failure to promote, transfer) claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: On a failure-to-promote claim, “it…

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In Lyu v. Alfa Chemistry Inc. et al, 23-CV-7951 (EK)(ST), 2025 WL 1093134 (E.D.N.Y. April 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sex-based discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court summarized, and applied, the law as follows: The elements of a disparate treatment claim…

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In Gerald v. DCV Holdings, Inc., et al, 17-CV-6525, 2021 WL 2809915 (E.D.N.Y. July 6, 2021), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 1981, and the New York State Human Rights Law, and…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Court Notes Evidence of Decades-Long Egregious Discrimination, Abuse, and Racist Language
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