Hicks v. IBM

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• holding that “racially motivated comments . . . give rise to an inference of discriminatory intent”
• finding it “too early” to dismiss claims against individual supervisory personnel where the plaintiff alleged that they failed to take adequate actions to correct discrimination
• finding it possible for the plaintiff to prove that her supervisors’ failure to adequately correct discrimination amounted to their encouragement, condonation, and approval of such behavior
• inferring discriminatory intent from a series of racially derogatory comments detailed in the Complaint
• sustaining NYSHRL aiding and abetting claims against certain defendant supervisors where the plaintiff pled that, by failing to take sufficient action in response to discrimination, they had “encouraged, condoned[,] or approved” of the unlawful activity
• racially motivated comments sufficient to sustain a section 1981 claim against a 12(b)(6) motion

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