Judge: Nelson S. Roman

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In Pell v. Yonkers City School District, 2025 WL 2084739 (S.D.N.Y. July 24, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: Plaintiff’s Section 1981 is deficient because she does not plausibly allege facts that show her purported mistreatment was because of her race. Although…

Read More Section 1981 Claim Dismissed; Factual Support For Race-Based Discrimination Lacking
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In Mazzuchelli v. Immutable Pty. Ltd and Lightsource Global, 23-cv-7885 (NSR), 2024 WL 4817535 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s pregnancy discrimination claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: To state a claim…

Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Termination Occurred Less Than a Month After Pregnancy Disclosure
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In Mazzuchelli v. Immutable Pty. Ltd and Lightsource Global, 23-cv-7885 (NSR), 2024 WL 4817535 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court summarized and applied the law as follows: A…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged “Graphic Sexual Discussions” and “Sexual Overtures” Notwithstanding
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In Conlan v. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. and Charles Bruce Stark, 2024 WL 4792112 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court summarized the facts, in part, as follows: Shortly after Plaintiff began…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against Liberty Mutual, Court Holds
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In a recent decision, Fay v. City of Newburgh et al, No. 21 Civ. 3140 (NSR), 2024 WL 4169552 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2024), the court discussed and applied the “Faragher/Ellerth” affirmative defense, resulting in the granting of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights…

Read More Applying “Faragher/Ellerth” Affirmative Defense, Court Dismisses Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims
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In Anderson v. City of New York, 2024 WL 183103 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. As to plaintiff’s claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the court explained: Plaintiff alleges after FDNY assigned her to the morning shift,…

Read More FDNY Paramedic’s Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed
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In Doyle v. Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, 20 CV 2087 (NSR), 2023 WL 4297192 (S.D.N.Y. June 30, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s age discrimination claims asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff presents a litany of…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Age-Related Comments and Hiring of Younger Replacement
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In Mercado v. Mount Pleasant Cottage Union Free School District et al, No. 19-CV-9022 (NSR), 2022 WL 1239689 (S.D.N.Y. April 27, 2022), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (specifically, the “participation” prong of Title VII’s anti-retaliation clause). The court explained: Defendant…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim, Based on Agreement to Serve as a Witness, Sufficiently Alleged
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In Barbini v. First Niagara Bank N.A. et al, 16-cv-7887, 2022 WL 623184 (S.D.N.Y. March 3, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim that she suffered retaliation for opposing sexual harassment. From the decision: After due consideration, the Court concludes that a material dispute of fact precludes summary…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Arising From Opposition to Sexual Harassment (Assisting With Complaint), Survives Summary Judgment
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In McKinney v. State of New York et al, 19-CV-3920, 2022 WL 602970 (S.D.N.Y. March 1, 2022), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s (a correction officer) race-based hostile work environment claim. The court summarized the “black letter” law of this claim as follows: To state a hostile work environment claim, Plaintiff must show that Defendants’…

Read More Off-Premises Conduct Did Not Give Rise to Racially Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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