Race / Color Discrimination

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In Hinds v. PSEG Long Island LLC, Long Island Elec. Util. Servco LLC, Nat’l Grid Elec. Servs., LLC, Michael Abrams, & Michael Star, No. 23-CV-08701 (RER) (LGD), 2026 WL 266010 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.…

Read More Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Being Assigned to Work Outside on Sweltering Day
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In Burgess v. MTA Const. and Development Co., No. 160414/2024, 2026 WL 195519 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 21, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: To plead a hostile work environment marred with…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Questioning About Sexual Orientation, Race, and Medical Condition
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In Payne v. NYC Fire Dept., No. 150490/2024, 2026 WL 144437 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 09, 2026), the court dismissed the petitioner’s Article 78 proceeding seeking to annul the determination of the New York City Fire Department and the City of New York to terminate his probationary employment as a firefighter. As to petitioner’s race…

Read More Probationary Firefighter’s Termination Upheld; Race Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Insufficiently Alleged
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In Duckett-Holmes v. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Inc., No. 159488/2024, 2026 WL 93691 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 05, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. This decision illustrates the basic principles governing the pleading of such a claim: In order to state a claim for…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Bare Legal Conclusions” Insufficient to State a Claim
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In Ellis-Yancey v. Midwest Block & Brick/Quikrete Company, No. 4:25-CV-00822-JMB, 2026 WL 113595 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 14, 2026), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, since they were not administratively exhausted at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From the decision: Plaintiff’s claims in her…

Read More Race/Color/Gender Discrimination Claims Dismissed, as Not Administratively Exhausted at the EEOC
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In Samah v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., No. 1:25-CV-10158-JEK, 2026 WL 63399 (D. Mass. Jan. 8, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Counts 5 and 9 assert that Takeda violated Title VII and Chapter 151B, respectively, by subjecting Samah to a racially…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In McFarlane v. Community Health Center of Richmond, Inc., No. 25-CV-00410 (NCM) (RML), 2025 WL 3625900 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Followed Complaints of Racial Discrimination
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In Alegria v. Textron Specialized Vehicles, No. CV 125-087, 2025 WL 3565340 (S.D. Ga. Dec. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, Plaintiff’s general allegations of unequal terms and conditions of…

Read More Race Discrimination Claim Dismissed; “Picked On” By Coworkers Allegation Insufficient
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In Loiseau et al v. Bozzuto’s Inc. et al, No. CV 3:22-CV-01485 (JCH), 2025 WL 3295434 (D. Conn. Nov. 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ race-based hostile work environment claims. The court summarized the black-letter law as follows: To prevail on a hostile work environment claim under…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment
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In Montgomery v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO (IBEW) Local 429 & Conti Corporation, No. 3:23-CV-01262, 2025 WL 3188737 (M.D. Tenn. Nov. 14, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. §…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Three Alleged Incidents Were Not “Severe or Pervasive”
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