Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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In Edouard v. John S. Connor, Inc., Civil No. 2:22cv263, 2023 WL 3127622 (E.D.Va. April 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a plausible hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Although Plaintiff’s factual allegations are not overly detailed, the Court…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Supervisor’s Comments About Chinese Persons’ Appearance and Eating Habits
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In Harvison v. G.A. West & Co., Inc., 2023 WL 2998482, at *5 (S.D.Miss. April 18, 2023), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, inter alia, granted one plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint to assert a “quid pro quo” sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…

Read More Title VII “Quid Pro Quo” Sexual Harassment Claim, With Amendment, Plausibly Alleged
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In Freud v. New York City Department of Education et al, 2023 WL 3103588 (2d Cir. April 27, 2023), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s religion-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Freud has also failed to state a claim for hostile work environment, which requires him to plausibly allege that “the workplace…

Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed, 2d Circuit Holds
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In Rivas v. New York Lottery, 2023 WL 2968185 (N.D.N.Y. April 17, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court provides the following synopsis of the governing law, and its application to the facts…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, Notwithstanding Allegations of Screaming, Stalking, Bullying, Etc.
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In Colavecchia v. South Side Area School District, 2023 WL 3043777 (W.D.Pa. April 21, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied 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: Under the first prong, a court may conclude that sexual…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Repeated Sexual Comments
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In Schwartz v. Allstate Insurance Company, 2023 WL 2742059 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2023), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s religion and age-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Even if the Court were to consider the entire record, Plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim consists, at best, of Ferrara’s single “old…

Read More Age/Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed, Notwithstanding “Old Jewish Guy” Comment
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In Welcome v. Amplity Inc., Case No. 4:22-cv-00830-RK, 2023 WL 2542617 (W.D.Mo. March 16, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendnt’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s religious discrimination claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Amplity argues that Plaintiffs fail to plead a plausible Title VII claim for…

Read More Title VII Religous Discrimination Claim, Arising From Vaccine Objection, Survives Dismissal
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In Lloyd v. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, No. 2:19-cv-02775-JDW, 2023 WL 2940229 (E.D. Pa. April 13, 2023), the court, inter alia, upheld a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor on her “retaliatory hostile work environment” claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: It was reasonable for the…

Read More Court Upholds “Retaliatory Hostile Work Environment” Claim Against Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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In Buon v. Spindler, 2023 WL 2903401 (2d Cir. April 12, 2023), the court vacated the lower court’s order dismissing plaintiff’s discrimination claim. From the decision: Here, Buon has met her minimal burden by alleging facts that give rise to a plausible inference of discrimination with respect to the denial of her application to administer…

Read More Second Circuit Revives Discrimination Claims; “Mosaic” of Allegations Sufficient
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In Yeaman v. City of Burley et al, No. 4:21-cv-00345-BLW, 2023 WL 2868575 (D.Idaho April 10, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. The court summarized the basis for its decision as follows: Here, Yeaman easily satisfies the first two elements of her…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Verbal and Physical Conduct
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