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In Granger v. City of Anderson Transit System, No. 1:23-CV-01548-JPH-TAB, 2025 WL 3199889 (S.D. Ind. Nov. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to plaintiff’s sex-based claim, the…

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In Anderson v. Street, 104 F.4th 646 (7th Cir. June 13, 2024), the court affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Anderson claims that Mott Street is liable for creating a hostile…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Properly Dismissed; Alleged Conduct (Including “Bitch” Comment) Was Not “Severe or Pervasive”
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In Azanedo v. Alaris Health at Castle Hill, 2024 WL 1727654 (N.J.Super.A.D., 2024), the court, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: After examining the record on appeal, and considering the proofs as a whole, whether plaintiff was called a “bitch” on a “daily” basis or whether…

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In a recent case, Stevenson v. United Animal Health, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-00509-TWP-CSW, 2023 WL 9040111 (S.D.Ind. Dec. 29, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim for a sex-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: A hostile work environment…

Read More Citing “Bitch” Comments, Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim
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In Clark v. Sampson Regional Medical Center, Incorporated, NO. 5:22-CV-529-FL, 2023 WL 8654920 (E.D.N.C. Dec. 14, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race & sex-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After reciting the elements that a plaintiff must allege to…

Read More Alleged Harassment by CEO Sufficiently Stated Claim for Race, Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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In Schlosser v. Vrhabilis, LLC, 2023 WL 6881044 (E.D.Tenn. Oct. 18, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act o 1964. From the decision: In this case, Schlosser proffered sufficient evidence from which…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Post-Verdict Motion; Evidence Included Unequal Treatment & Verbal Abuse
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In Manns v. New York State Dept. of Financial Services, No. 160479/2022, 2023 WL 6812166 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 16, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that she…

Read More Alleged “Racist and Sexist Verbal Attacks” Support Hostile Work Environment Claim Under Amended NYS Human Rights Law
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In Watkins v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 2023 WL 2734324 (D.D.C. March 31, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Watkins first alleges a hostile work environment based on gender. Watkins 1, Compl. ¶ 58. WMATA argues that she does not allege…

Read More Gender-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Supervisor’s Repeated Use of the Word “Bitch”
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In Davis v. Cape May Prosecutor’s Office, Civ. No. 1:22-cv-00783-NLH-EAP, 2023 WL 1883327 (D.N.J. Feb. 10, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In stating the “black letter” law applicable to such claims, the court…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Lewd Jokes, Criticism, Use of the Word “Bitches,” Etc.
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In Braunstein v. Sahara Plaza, LLC, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (Maryland) LLC, 2022 WL 17480962 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: To succeed on a hostile work environment claim under either Title VII or the NYSHRL, Braunstein…

Read More Dismissal of Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Affirmed, Notwithstanding “Bitch”
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