December 13, 2018

Causality in an employment action.

Practice point:  Temporal proximity between a plaintiff's complaints to the employer about racial stereotyping and discrimination and the termination of employment is sufficient to raise an inference of a causal connection between the plaintiff's protected activity and the adverse employment action.

Cook v. EmblenHealth Servs. Co., LLC, NY Slip 08433 (1st Dep't December 11, 2018)

Here is the decision.