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PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATION DEFENDANT SUPERVISOR CONDITIONED HIS SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF AT WORK ON HER COMPLIANCE WITH HIS DEMANDS FOR SEX SUPPORTED PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES RE: DEFENDANT SUPERVISOR AND DEFENDANT EMPLOYER (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the punitive damages request in this employment discrimination action should not have been dismissed:

The request for punitive damages should be reinstated. [defendant] Ravich’s conduct in conditioning his support of plaintiff at work on her compliance with his demands for sex, if proven, would be sufficient to demonstrate discrimination “with willful or wanton negligence, or recklessness, or a conscious disregard of the rights of others or conduct so reckless as to amount to such disregard” … . Punitive damages could also be awarded against the TCW defendants if they are found vicariously liable for this conduct, although they would be entitled to mitigate such damages with proof of policies established to deter discrimination … . Tirschwell v TCW Group Inc., 2021 NY Slip Op 03397, First Dept 5-27-21

 

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