February 2022

In Daniels v. American Airlines Inc., 19-cv-3110, 2022 WL 493573 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2022), the court dismissed “workplace bullying” claims asserted by plaintiff, a former flight attendant for defendant American Airlines. This decision teaches, and confirms, that while a certain type of bullying – bullying motivated by impermissible factors (i.e., “protected classes” such as sex,…

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In Milord-Francois v. New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General et al, No. 20-3646-cv, 2022 WL 480477 (2d Cir. Feb. 17, 2022), the court, inter alia, vacated the district court’s award of summary judgment on plaintiff’s race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Milord-Francois…

Read More Race-Based “Pretext” Employment Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Fawcett v. Fox News Network, LLC, No. 157135/2021, 2022 WL 445861 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 14, 2022), the court dismissed plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination and sexual harassment against defendant Andrew Napolitano. The court summarized plaintiff’s allegations against this defendant as follows: Plaintiff began working for Fox Business in March 2019…

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In Maher v. Nusret New York LLC, 2022 WL 443619 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2022), the court granted plaintiff’s motion to remand this case back to state court, due to the absence of federal subject matter jurisdiction. From the decision: The purported federal question raised, in defendant’s view, is whether CPLR § 7515 is preempted by…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Case Against Nusret New York Remanded to State Court; Federal Question Not Raised By Alleged Arbitration Preemption
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In Kim v. Sae-a Trading America Corp., No. 656669/2020, 2022 WL 106846 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 05, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “non-traditional Korean” national origin discrimination claim. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that defendants made offensive comments disapproving of the fact that Plaintiff was “still…

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In Gilbert v. Stony Brook University et al, 2022 WL 409716 (E.D.N.Y., 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: To state a claim for a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII [or Section 1983], a plaintiff must plead facts that would…

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In Restaurant Law Center & NYS Restaurant Association et al v. City of New York, 21-cv-4801, 2022 WL 409190 (S.D.N.Y. February 10, 2022), the court rejected a challenge, mounted by plaintiffs, to a 2021 amendment to New York City’s Fair Workweek Law. In 2017, NYC enacted the Fair Workweek Law (N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 20-1201…

Read More Court Rejects Challenge to Fast Food “Wrongful Discharge Law”
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In Brown v. Montefiore Medical Center, 19-CV-11474, 2022 WL 392313 (S.D.N.Y. February 9, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint – which alleged employment (race) discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation – to allege constructive discharge stemming from a hostile work environment claim. (In a prior decision, dated March 25,…

Read More Request to Amend Race Discrimination Complaint to Add Constructive Discharge Claim Denied as “Futile”
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In Long v. Aerotek, Inc. et al, No. 531638, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 00915, 2022 WL 398863 (N.Y.A.D. 3 Dept., Feb. 10, 2022), the court, inter alia, affirmed the denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court began…

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In Boatright v. U.S. Bancorp, 20-4236-cv, 2022 WL 351059 (2d Cir. Feb. 7, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s race- and gender-based discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New…

Read More Race, Gender-Based Pay Discrimination Claim Dismissal Affirmed; Alleged “Shifting Explanations” Did Not Permit Finding of Pretext
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