Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In Quiles-Carrasquillo v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, Civil No. 23-1468 (FAB), 2025 WL 25672 (D.Puerto Rico Jan. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, adopted a Magistrate Judge’s Report & Recommendation recommending the denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim pursuant to Title VII of the…

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In Smith v. Louis DeJoy, 2024 WL 5145956 (N.D.Ala. Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff’s termination was a single discrete event. So, in the absence of pervasiveness, the only way for her hostile work environment claim to survive…

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In Ripoli v. Department of Human Services, Office of Veterans Services, No. 23-1970, 2024 WL 5116941 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, inter alia, vacated the lower court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendant on plaintiff’s disparate treatment discrimination claims. From the decision: Our inquiry begins…

Read More First Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Defendant on Title VII Sex & Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claims; Fact issues Existed as to Whether Reorganization Was Pretextual
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In McConaughey v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 21-CV-6137 (RA), 2024 WL 5168018 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: McConaughey alleges that he…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment Against Port Authority
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In LaChapel v. Brio Solar Energy, LLC et al, 2024 WL 5089561 (N.D.Tex. Dec. 12, 2024), the court denied plaintiff’s motion for a default judgment on his hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: LaChapel fails to state a cognizable claim for a hostile work…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Fails, as Alleged Discriminatory Statements Were Not “Directed At” Plaintiff
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In Kueh v. New York and Presbyterian Hospital, 2024 WL 4882172 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 25, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure-to-accommodate religion claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: The second and third causes of action allege failure to accommodate under Title VII…

Read More Vaccine-Related Failure-to-Accommodate Religion Claim Survives Dismissal, Court Holds
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In Goldzweig v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 2024 WL 5056350 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City…

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In Sabic-El-Rayess v. Teachers College, Columbia University, 24-CV-2891 (JMF), 2024 WL 4988408 (S.D.N.Y., 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of religious discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: By contrast, the Court concludes that Dr. Sabic-El-Rayess’s allegations are sufficient to state…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Against Columbia Survive Dismissal
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In Ancrum v. New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 2024 WL 5009145 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 6, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: For Title VII purposes, a workplace is actionably hostile when it…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Comments, While “Despicable” and “Offensive”, Held Not Actionable
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In a recent case, O’Rear v. Diaz, 24 Civ. 1669 (PAE), 2024 WL 4903722 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2024), the court addressed an issue arising in a number of employment discrimination/sexual harassment cases, namely, the production of sexual harassment and sexual assault complaints by employees other than the plaintiff. From the decision: Plaintiff S. O’Rear sues…

Read More Plaintiff Entitled to Discovery of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Complaints Made by Employees, Court Rules
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