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Court Decisions
REPRESENTATIVE CASES

What follows is a representative list of published court decisions in which Lee F. Bantle or Robert L. Levy was lead counsel representing the plaintiff:

Disability Discrimination

Meling v. St. Francis College, 3 F. Supp.2d 267 (E.D.N.Y. 1998) (affirming jury verdict, including punitive damages, in disability case).

Gender Discrimination

AB v. Rhinebeck Central School Dist., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17716 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (denying motion to dismiss plaintiff's claim in sexual harassment case).

Redvanly v. Nynex Corp., 152 F.R.D. 460 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)(ordering production of attorney notes of termination meeting in sex discrimination case).

Race Discrimination

Greene v. Coach, Inc., 218 F.Supp.2d 404 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) (denying defendant's motion for summary judgment and to dismiss plaintiff's claim for punitive damages).

Pauling v. Secretary of Interior, 160 F.3d 133 (2d Cir. 1998)(vacating summary judgment to defendant in race discrimination case).

Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Lane v. Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc. 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17757, 87 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 449 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (denying summary judgment to defendants on sexual orientation discriminatory discharge claim).

Lane v. Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc. 89 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1470 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)(denying defendants' Rule 50(b) motion for judgment after trial in sexual orientation discrimination case).

Rovira v. AT&T, 817 F. Supp. 1062 (S.D.N.Y. 1993) (denying death benefit to surviving lesbian life partner).

Civil Rights

Masi v. City of New York, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19081 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (denying defendants application to stay Monell discovery).

Non-payment of Wages

Mahrer v. Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc., (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2004) (granting plaintiff summary judgment for non-payment of separation pay).

Personal Injury

Becker v. Poling Transportation Corp., 356 F.3d 381 (2d Cir. 2004)(affirming jury verdict in favor of plaintiff in personal injury case).

Jurgens v. Poling Transportation Corp., 113 F. Supp. 2d 388 (E.D.N.Y. 2000)(denying summary judgment to defendants in personal injury case).

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