Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment

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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 Clincy v. Packaging Corporation of America, No. 3:23-CV-547-CWR-LGI, 2024 WL 4311511 (S.D.Miss. Sept. 26, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Generally speaking, there are two types of sexual harassment claims…

Read More Court Holds That Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment
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In Ventura v. City of New York, No. 153283/2023, 2024 WL 1051928 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 6, 2024), the court granted plaintiff’s motion for default judgment under New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 3215. From the decision: In this action to recover damages for alleged sexual harassment discrimination, plaintiff AMMY VENTURA…

Read More Court Grants Motion Seeking Default Judgment on Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim
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In Reed v. Fortive Corporation et al, 2024 WL 1756110 (2d Cir. April 24, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of quid pro quo sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a quid pro…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Properly Dismissed; Alleged Invitation Did Not Constitute a “Sexual Advance”
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In Polenik v. Janet Yellen, 2024 WL 1466783 (M.D.Pa. April 4, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “quid pro quo” sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To allege a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim under Title VII, Polenik must…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Constructive Discharge Alone Was Insufficient
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In Jacobs v. Hudson Valley Family Physicians, PLLC, 1:22-CV-1184, 2024 WL 1200002 (N.D.N.Y. March 20, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiffs allege that…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Plausibly Alleged; Court Cites “Subtext” of “Suggestive” Text Messages & Photographs
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In Glagola v. MacFann, 2:22-cv-1263-NR-LPL, 2023 WL 7271340 (W.D.Pa. Nov. 3, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff stated claims for sexual harassment (under quid pro quo and “hostile housing environment” theories) under the Fair Housing Act, as well for forced labor and sex trafficking under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. As to plaintiff’s…

Read More Citing Alleged “Rent For Sex” Conduct, Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Tenant’s “Quid Pro Quo” Sexual Harassment Claim Under the Fair Housing Act
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In Wilson v. Ciocca Muncy Ho Inc., No. 4:23-CV-00765, 2023 WL 6449425 (M.D.Pa. Oct. 3, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff administratively exhausted certain claims, but not others, in her charge filed at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In sum, plaintiff alleges that she experienced sex discrimination (including sexual harassment), racial…

Read More Claims, Including For Sex Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Were Administratively Exhausted at the EEOC, Court Holds
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In Culley v. West Bolivar Consolidated School District et al, 2023 WL 5007871 (N.D.Miss. August 4, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s quid pro quo sexual harassment claim. The court summarized and applied the law as follows: Sex discrimination and sexual harassment in public employment violate the Equal…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Termination Followed Rebuff of Alleged Sexual Advances
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In Reed v. Fortive Corporation et al, 2023 WL 4457908 (W.D.N.Y. July 11, 2023), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s “quid pro quo” sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, Plaintiff alleges that her quid pro quo claim arises from her denial of McCauley’s…

Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed as Insufficiently Alleged
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