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J. Sannes preserves a woman’s false arrest, malicious prosecution and conspiracy claims against the city of Saratoga Springs. She says a local police officer and two officials at the Saratoga Casino Hotel, one of which was the city’s former chief of police, conspired to arrest her on false charges of petit larceny after a casino cashier mistakenly gave her an extra $850 while redeeming her lottery scratch-off tickets. She sufficiently alleges probable cause did not exist for her arrest because the defendants were informed by the local district attorney’s office that it believed no crime had been committed on the belief that the woman herself had asked the cashier to verify the amount, thinking she had received too much.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: August 29, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv1154, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Malicious Prosecution, Police Misconduct
J. Sannes rules on two motions in limine on an employment discrimination complaint that alleges a large national distribution company declined to hire a woman because she is deaf. The employer is permitted to introduce evidence that shows the applicant is a cancer survivor and considers herself to be disabled, finding it directly relevant to questions of discriminatory animus, while it is precluded from presenting evidence related to income she earned from supplemental security, which the employer was hoping to use to offset a possible award for backpay.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: August 23, 2023, Case #: 5:20cv1628, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Discovery, Employment Discrimination
J. Sannes enters judgment in favor of the New York State Department of Education on a 71-year-old special education teacher’s employment discrimination and retaliation complaint that alleged she suffered disciplinary action on the basis that she suffered from extreme anxiety and other mental health conditions, which ultimately led to her forced resignation. The education department successfully argued that its decision to initiate disciplinary actions against her were due to complaints that she reportedly said she was going to “kill” or otherwise harm her supervisor and
not driven by discriminatory animus.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: August 21, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv195, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Sannes preserves a wrongful death suit, along with additional cross-claims, that seek to hold a medical administration services provider liable for the death of an inmate who hanged herself in her cell at the Onondaga County Justice Center. The court finds the decedent’s estate sufficiently alleges the medical staff’s actions contributed to her death when they failed to perform adequate suicide, psychological or medical screenings upon her admission.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 5:22cv1165, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Health Care, Wrongful Death, Prisoners' Rights
J. Sannes dismisses on jurisdictional grounds an equitable relief and good faith and fairy dealing action brought against two subsidiaries of National Grid, an electricity and gas energy services provider, alleging it wrongfully deducted pass-through income tax charges from reimbursement payments made to two solar energy providers. The two litigants had sought restitution for the withheld amounts and a declaration that its payments were not subject to income tax liabilities, plus an order enjoining the National Grid from charging a tax gross-up added on renewable energy projects.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: August 11, 2023, Case #: 5:22cv1085, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Energy, Tax
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J. Sannes preserves claims for contribution, breach of contract and violations of various federal and state housing and discrimination laws brought by a group of 28 senior housing complexes against an architectural firm alleging they failed to provide architectural plans for housing renovations that were complaint with the federal housing regulations. The court finds the owners’ claims are not preempted or barred by the Fair Housing Act and that they have standing to bring claims that were assigned to them by a group of Fair Housing organizations who had filed a previous complaint stemming from the housing violations.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 5:22cv278, NOS: Housing/Accommodations - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Construction, Housing
J. Sannes dismisses a music promoter’s claims for breach of contract, racial discrimination and tortious interference brought against New York State Department of Agriculture and the New York State Fair system stemming from a Young Thug concert that took place at a state fairground. It alleges the departments breached the terms of an advertising agreement by failing to fully promote the concert on its website, which led to low ticket sales. The promoter further claims the defendants’ actions were part of a pattern of racial discrimination, suggesting the management harbors racial animus towards hip-hop acts and the perceived race of their fans. Fatal to the promoter’s claims was the lack of its advertising contract or any major details regarding the terms of the agreement.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Sannes, Filed On: May 30, 2023, Case #: 5:22cv659, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Interference With Contract, Contract