New York Appellate Division, First Department: Not Every Plaintiff Asserting a Discrimination Claim Under the New York City Human Rights Law Will Be Entitled to Reach a Jury

A divided panel of New York's Appellate Division, First Department, recently announced a decision that could help employers facing claims under the exceptionally broad New York City Human Rights Law to obtain summary judgment and curb the number of unfounded claims that reach a jury. This Alert discusses the significance of the ruling in Melman v. Montefiore Medical Center.

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