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…
Read More NYSHRL Wrongful (Sex-Based) Discrimination Claim Survives DismissalIn Kozak v. Office Depot, Inc., 2025 WL 898979 (W.D.N.Y. March 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that defendant’s motion for summary judgment should have been denied – and thus disagreed with the Magistrate Judge’s decision to the contrary – as to plaintiff’s sex discrimination claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights…
Read More Title VII Sex Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Sexual Harassment Claim Was “Inextricably Intertwined” With Termination DecisionIn Dedewo v CBS Corporation, No. 158386/22, 2024-00838, 3945, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01712, 2025 WL 863866 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Mar. 20, 2025), the court affirmed the lower court’s order dismissing plaintiff’s claims for race and sex discrimination and retaliation under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: To the extent plaintiff’s…
Read More Federal Court Decision Precludes NYC Human Rights Law Claims, First Department HoldsIn Hamilton v. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 2025 WL 863572 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: Plaintiff alleges that he experienced “a pattern of activity aimed at bringing about [his] resignation.” (Am. Compl.…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations Failed to Rise to the Level of “Severe or Pervasive”; Causation Not ShownIn Hoffman v St. Bonaventure University, No. 24-00445, 866.1, 226 N.Y.S.3d 790, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00763, 2025 WL 427098 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept., Feb. 07, 2025), the court reversed a lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex and religious beliefs. From the decision: Plaintiff commenced this employment discrimination action alleging…
Read More Sex/Religion Discrimination Failure-to-Hire Claims DismissedIn Buscaino v. Dircksen & Talleyrand, Inc. and Ariel Echevarria, 22-CV-7572 (AMD) (PK), 2025 WL 777085 (E.D.N.Y. March 11, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Sex-Based CriticismIn Walls v. City of New York, No. 156492/2024, 2025 WL 697108 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 04, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim on statute of limitations grounds. In doing so, the court applied the “continuing violation doctrine”: Defendants argue that Plaintiff’s claims…
Read More Applying “Continuing Violation Doctrine”, Court Rejects Statute of Limitations Challenge to Hostile Work Environment ClaimsIn Keenan v. Bloomberg, LP, No. 155679/2024, 2025 WL 675170 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 03, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age- and sex-based discrimination and hostile work environment, and retaliation, claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Both the…
Read More News Anchor Sufficiently Alleges Age, Sex Discrimination Against Bloomberg LP, Court HoldsIn Martino v. Chenel Capital, LLC et al, No. 2023–04316, 3710, 2025 WL 516143 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Feb. 18, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision that the plaintiff failed to establish defendants’ liability for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and retaliation under the New York State and City Human…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Presented at Inquest; Contrary Decision ReversedIn Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., No. 101616/2017, 2025 WL 503245 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment…
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