Case: Discrimination/Pregnancy Discrimination (S.D.N.Y.)

Two related New York dental practices and their owner are granted in part and denied in part summary judgment on a pregnant female dental assistant’s claims of discrimination under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, state and local law, a federal court ruled, where her requested accommodation—to be kept from x-rays and nitrous gas—was denied as reaching essential job duties, but genuine factual issues and a temporal proximity between pregnancy and termination preclude summary judgment.