MATZ v. PROSPECT ENERGY CORPORATION


63 A.D.3d 619 (2009)

882 N.Y.S.2d 84

HOWARD J. MATZ, Appellant, v. PROSPECT ENERGY CORPORATION et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 30, 2009.


The complaint was properly dismissed in this action where plaintiff, a job applicant for a senior management position, alleges that defendants refused to hire him after inquiring and learning of his sexual orientation during a reference check. Plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of discrimination inasmuch as he failed to show that he was denied employment under circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination (see Brennan v Metropolitan Opera Assn...

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