RUSSELL v. NEW YORK UNIV.

29210/17E. Appeal No. 14695. Case No. 2021-00123.

204 A.D.3d 577 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 471

2022 NY Slip Op 02765

Suzan Russell, Appellant, v. New York University et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ballon Stoll Bader & Nadler, P.C., New York ( Marshall B. Bellovin of counsel), for appellant.

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York ( Joseph C. O'Keefe of counsel), for New York University, Fredric Schwarzbach and Robert Squillance, respondents.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, New York ( Bradford P. Meisel and John J. Peirano of the bar of the state of New Jersey, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Joseph M. Thometz and Eve Meltzer, respondents.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Shulman, Higgitt, JJ.


Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for injuries she allegedly sustained as a result of defendants' violations of various provisions of the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. Plaintiff also asserted a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against certain of the individual defendants.

Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint under CPLR 3211. They argued, among other things, that plaintiff's human rights law...

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