SIMMONS-GRANT v. QUINN LLP

150935/13, 10796

116 A.D.3d 134 (2014)

981 N.Y.S.2d 89

2014 NY Slip Op 1407

KISSHIA SIMMONS-GRANT, Respondent, v. QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Appellant.

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

Decided February 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City ( Lawrence R. Sandak and Alychia L. Buchan of counsel), for appellant.

Liddle & Robinson, L.L.P. New York City ( James W. Halter of counsel), for respondent.

RENWICK, SAXE, DEGRASSE and RICHTER, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ACOSTA, J. P.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars an employee's retaliation claim under the New York City Human Rights Law (the City HRL), where a similar claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Plaintiff is an African American woman who was employed by defendant law firm as an hourly "staff...

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