In Kalia v. City University of New York, No. 153700/2025, 2026 WL 964811 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Apr. 07, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims against the City University of New York. From the decision: The NYCHRL claims are dismissed pursuant to the doctrine of sovereign immunity. CUNY, which is…
Read More Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Against CUNYIn Mikhail v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, No. 24-CV-08367 (MMG), 2026 WL 880297 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2026), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin discrimination and retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges that, of ten managers at his level in his…
Read More Title VII National Origin (Russian) Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Sufficiently AllegedIn Mukhina v. Walmart, Inc., No. 24-11586, 2025 WL 3703679 (11th Cir. Dec. 22, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, inter alia, affirmed a lower court’s award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of national origin discrimination (in the form of a hostile work environment) asserted under Title VII…
Read More Accent-Based National Origin Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissal AffirmedIn Rizvi v. Loudoun County School Board, No. 1:25-CV-307-MSN-IDD, 2025 WL 3514256 (E.D. Va. Dec. 5, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims based on age, race, color, national origin, and religion. From the decision: Defendant further seeks to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims of hostile work environment under…
Read More Age, Race, Color, National Origin, Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims DismissedIn Singh v. Accutime Watch Corp., 24-CV-8007 (JPO), 2025 WL 2916135 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint asserting a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York…
Read More National Origin, Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on “Disproportionate Workload”, DismissedIn Izuogu v. Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, New York, 24 Civ. 4329 (DEH), 2025 WL 2806683 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 2, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. 1981. From the decision: To establish…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Remarks, Gossip, False Complaint Did Not Reference Race or National OriginIn Laporte, Jose v. Sullivan, Brian, 1:24-cv-1124 (ECC/DJS), 2025 WL 2645531 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 15, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s – a dark-skinned Hispanic man – claim of race/national origin discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C § 1983. From the decision: Plaintiff argues…
Read More Upstate Hispanic Correction Officer Sufficiently Alleges Race & National Origin DiscriminationIn Dassie v. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, No. 160227/2023, 2025 WL 2224323 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Aug. 05, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: A hostile work environment violates…
Read More Race, National Origin Discrimination-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Against WilmerHaleIn Esqueda, M.D., Jonathan v. NYU Langone Hospitals, 2025 WL 1785870 (SDNY June 27, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. After summarizing the black-letter law applicable…
Read More Race, National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Mocking of Accent InsufficientIn 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