In Wrightson v. Secretary of the Treasury, No. 25-13676, 2026 WL 2254495 (11th Cir. Aug. 5, 2026), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In order to sufficiently plead a hostile work environment, an employee must…
Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissal AffirmedIn Bates v. Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., No. 3:24-CV-01414, 2026 WL 2211556 (M.D. Tenn. July 31, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Among other allegations was that another employee told plaintiff…
Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Rumor of “Slave” Comment InsufficientIn Kosiba v. Dental Associates, PC, No. 2:24-CV-12069-TGB-EAS, 2026 WL 2211548 (E.D. Mich. July 31, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of hostile work environment and sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After concluding that plaintiff had abandoned these claims,…
Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Complaint Dismissed, Absent Evidence of Report of HarassmentIn Dufour v. Havas Gemini, LLC, No. 25-CV-8915 (LAP), 2026 WL 2185298 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure-to-promote claim. From the decision: The only alleged incident within the limitations period of the Title VII and ADEA claims is Plaintiff’s termination. Even considering Plaintiff’s other allegations as…
Read More Discriminatory Failure-to-Promote Claim Dismissed; Plaintiff Did Not Allege That He Applied For the PositionIn Lockett v. USIC Locating Services, LLC, No. 25-CV-2130-TC, 2026 WL 2184963 (D. Kan. July 29, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Title VII “does not establish a general…
Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary JudgmentIn Perez v. Saltz, Mongeluzzi, & Bendesky, P.C., No. CV 25-2107, 2026 WL 2033187 (E.D. Pa. July 14, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges a hostile work environment…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Insufficiently Alleged; Dismissal GrantedIn Licea v. Illinois Cent. Ry. Co., No. 1:25-CV-08706, 2026 WL 2049497 (N.D. Ill. July 15, 2026), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff, a journeyman machinist, alleges that her foreman “verbally and sexually harassed” her. This…
Read More Court Dismisses Complaint Alleging Race & Sex Discrimination Under Title VIIIn Sebastiani v. Brooklyn Hospital Center, No. 19-CV-253 (EK)(ST), 2026 WL 2031501 (E.D.N.Y. July 14, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for reconsideration of the lower court’s decision that plaintiff presented enough evidence to survive summary judgment on their hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims, Arising From Alleged Harassment By Ex-Girlfriend, Survives Summary Judgment; Motion for Reconsideration DeniedIn Sharpe-Miller v. Walmart, Inc., No. 24-2055, 2026 WL 2015375 (10th Cir. July 13, 2026), the court, inter alia, reversed the district court’s award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the court held that plaintiff provided evidence that he…
Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Improperly Dismissed; District Court Disregarded Relevant EvidenceIn McGuirk v. Noom, Inc., No. CV 24-3715-BAH, 2026 WL 1983833 (D. Md. July 9, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, the Court concludes that McGuirk’s retaliation claim may stand on her complaint…
Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim, Based on Termination Following Complaint of Sexual Harassment, Survives Dismissal