Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. O'Brien

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• holding that a plaintiff bringing a Section 504 hostile work environment claim must allege she suffered conduct that “(1) is objectively severe or pervasive; (2) creates an environment that the plaintiff . . . subjectively perceives as hostile or abusive; and (3
• holding, on motion for summary judgment, that the record did not establish that the plaintiff’s “knee injury,” which “impaired his ability to walk,” was more than “temporary”
• discrediting “legal conclusions [and] conclusory allegations contained in” the plaintiff’s declaration (citing Brown v. Henderson, 257 F.3d 246, 252 (2d Cir. 2001))
• granting summary judgment where “[t]here [was] no dispute that Plaintiff’s knee injury was . . . temporary and lasted fourteen weeks”
• granting summary judgment where, inter alia, plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a dispute of material fact as to whether he was qualified for his position
• finding four months was too long a period to raise an inference of causation

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