Sukram v. Anjost Corp.

• Decision Date: 13 April 2010
• Citation: 897 N.Y.S.2d 714,72 A.D.3d 491
• Parties: Shareen SUKRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANJOST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

897 N.Y.S.2d 714

72 A.D.3d 491

Shareen SUKRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.ANJOST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

April 13, 2010.

Weiss & Rosenbloom, P.C., New York (Barry D. Weiss of counsel), for appellant.

Venable LLP, New York (Shaffin A. Datoo of counsel), for respondents.

ANDRIAS, J.P., NARDELLI, CATTERSON, DeGRASSE, MANZANET-DANIELS, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County(Alan Saks, J.), entered on January 29, 2009, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint alleging claims of unlawful discrimination due to sexual harassment and retaliatory firing, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, and the complaint reinstated.

Inasmuch as there are triable issues of fact as to, inter alia, whether defendants knew of their senior manager's acts of sexual harassment, the extent of such conduct, and whether they encouraged or condoned it ( seeClayton v. Best Buy Co. Inc.,48 A.D.3d 277, 851 N.Y.S.2d 485[2008] ), the grant of summary judgment dismissing the claims of unlawful discrimination under both the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human...