Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In Beatty v. NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1:23-cv-02126 (ALC) (SN), 2025 WL 963307 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Appearance-Related Jokes and Comments
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In 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 Decision
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In 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 Shown
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In Alcy v. Northwell Health, Inc., 2025 WL 835647 (S.D.N.Y. March 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: With respect to Portoro, Plaintiff alleges that discriminatory…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Alleged Race-Based Comment (But Not Disproportionate Workload) Survives Summary Judgment
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In Shelton v. University Healthcare System, L.C., 2025 WL 816293 (E.D.La. March 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is instructive on Title VII’s “severe or pervasive” standard for assessing such claims. From…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Additional Workload Did Not Amount to “Severe or Pervasive” Harassment
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In Little v. R & L Carriers, Inc. et al, 3:24-CV-836 (OAW), 2025 WL 744276 (D.Conn. March 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To establish a hostile work environment claim under…

Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal
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In 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 Criticism
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In Borden v. City of New York, 23-CV-8330 (RPK) (CLP), 2025 WL 754147 (E.D.N.Y. March 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff’s non-time barred allegations do not plausibly amount to…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Sexual Innuendo, Grabbing Were Not “Severe” or “Pervasive”
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In Gahfi v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-1782 (BMC), 2025 WL 675933 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of religion-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: “At the pleadings stage … a plaintiff must allege…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal, Court Holds
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In Bamba v. United States Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, 2025 WL 670188 (2d Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Bamba’s hostile…

Read More 2nd Circuit: Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed
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