Employment Discrimination

by

In Renondeau v. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Aquarium et al, 19-CV-2415 (VSB), 2024 WL 1156643 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim is based on many of the same allegations that underlie his…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Haitian Motherfucker” & “Haitian Sensation” Comments Insufficient
Share This:
by

In Syeed v Bloomberg L.P., No. 20, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 01330, 2024 WL 1097279 (N.Y. Ct. App. Mar. 14, 2024), the New York Court of Appeals, answered the following certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Whether a nonresident plaintiff not yet employed in New York City or State…

Read More NY Court of Appeals Issues Worker-Friendly Decision as to NYC Human Rights Law’s “Impact” Requirement
Share This:
by

In Floyd v. Jewish Bd. of Family and Children’s Services, No. 155925/2019, 2024 WL 1096320 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 13, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment based on plaintiff’s sexual orientation, in violation of the New York City Human Rights…

Read More Sexual Orientation-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
Share This:
by

In Kagel-Betts v Warren, No. 601810/2023, 81 Misc. 3d 1233(A), 202 N.Y.S.3d 723, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 50055(U), 2024 WL 237743 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Suffolk Cty. Jan. 12, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. As to that claim, the court explained:…

Read More Court Dismisses Hostile Work Environment Claim, Citing Lack of Examples of Alleged Conduct
Share This:
by

In Moore, Kim v. Hadestown Broadway Limited Liability Company, No. 23-CV-4837 (LAP), 2024 WL 989843 (S.D.N.Y. March 7, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (in an opinion authored by Judge Preska), inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. (I wrote about the court’s…

Read More Actress Plausibly Alleges Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Under NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws (But Not Title VII)
Share This:
by

In Innes v. County of Warren et al, 1:22-cv-641 (BKS/TWD), 2024 WL 865864 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 29, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims. As to plaintiff’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the court explained: Plaintiff alleges the following facts. Approximately an hour and a half…

Read More Disability Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Court Cites Closeness in Time Between Hospitalization and Termination
Share This:
by

In Dedewo v. CBS Corp., No. 158386/2022, 2024 WL 184496, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 30217(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 16, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of discrimination on the ground of “res judicata”. From the decision: As to discrimination, the elements necessary for a claim…

Read More Discrimination Claim Dismissed, on Res Judicata Grounds, Due to Federal Court Determination
Share This:
by

In White v. City of Long Beach, Comptroller Inna Resnick et al, CV 22-5628 (GRB)(ARL), 2024 WL 693773 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2024), the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s employment discrimination claim. From the decision: Defendants seek dismissal of plaintiff’s Equal Protection claim on the basis that she failed to sufficiently allege she was…

Read More Equal Protection Discrimination Claim Dismissed, Absent Sufficient Information Pertaining to Alleged Comparators
Share This:
by

In Yuvienco v. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, 2024 WL 727712 (D.D.C. Feb. 22, 2024), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. Initially, the court summarized the relevant black-letter law, highlighting the requirement that a plaintiff asserting such a claim “must establish that the allegedly harassing conduct complained of was…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations of Inaccurate Criticism etc. Insufficient
Share This: