Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In Taylor v. PJ Cheese, Inc., No. 3:25CV355, 2025 WL 3215734 (E.D. Va. Nov. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant Papa John’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Taylor states that he found the…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Discomfort, Tight spaces, and Some Unwanted Contact by Coworkers Insufficient
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In Yehoshua v. Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority et al, No. 21-CV-4055 (FB) (RML), 2025 WL 3251032 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s clams of a religion-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From…

Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Against NYC Transit Authority Dismissed on Summary Judgment
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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…

Read More Despite Alleged “Bitch” Comment, Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Insufficient
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In Montgomery v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO (IBEW) Local 429 & Conti Corporation, No. 3:23-CV-01262, 2025 WL 3188737 (M.D. Tenn. Nov. 14, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. §…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Three Alleged Incidents Were Not “Severe or Pervasive”
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In Holloway v. Fort Bend Independent School District, No. 4:24-CV-2014, 2025 WL 3158133 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim for discrimination, based on her reassignment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a claim for…

Read More Title VII Race/Color Discrimination Claim, Based on Reassignment, Survives Dismissal
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In Swanson v. Chapman, No. CV 24-1622, 2025 WL 3153389 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 12, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of retaliation asserted under Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To establish a prima facie case of retaliation under Title VII, a plaintiff must…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Questioning Pace of Sexual Harassment Investigation Constituted “Protected Activity”
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In Einkorn v. UMortgage, No. CV 25-2546, 2025 WL 3023412 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 29, 2025), the court held that plaintiff did not allege a “sexual harassment dispute” within the meaning of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 401-402 (EFAA), such that the arbitration agreement she signed precluded…

Read More Non-Sexual Conduct Was Not “Sexual Harassment”; Arbitration Agreement Enforced
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In Dranitca v. Allied Universal Sec. Services LLC, No. 150492/2025, 2025 WL 2814548 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sep. 26, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court discussed and applied New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 205, which governs the timeframe in which to recommence an action in one forum after being dismissed in another. Here,…

Read More Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination Claims Not Timely Recommenced in State Court Following Federal Court Dismissal
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In Lia-Basile v. the County of Albany et al, No. 1:25-CV-0291 (GTS/MJK), 2025 WL 3019150 (N.D.N.Y. Oct. 29, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of sex/gender discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on the ground that she failed to exhaust her administrative remedies…

Read More Title VII Sex/Gender Discrimination Claims Dismissed For Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies at the EEOC
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In Scivetti v. Compass Inc. et al, No. 24-CV-3868 (DEH), 2025 WL 3097331 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claim, on the ground that while plaintiff engaged in “protected activity,” she did not allege that defendants knew of her complaints. From the decision: Scivetti’s claims for…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Dismissed; Knowledge of Sexual Harassment Complaints Lacking
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