Legal Opinion

Hernandez v. Bankers Trust Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 4, 2004PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*147Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered August 15, 2002, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was hired by defendant at will as a computer technician. While rendering computer assistance to an African-American fellow employee, plaintiff changed her password to “White Girl,” and later joked with other employees that he should have changed it to “Ghetto Girl.” Defendant has a strictly enforced zero-tolerance policy with regard to discrimination in the workplace. Called to account…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pace v. Ogden Services Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. TAM Equities, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. Cesar v. Highland Care Center, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Romney v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. Sandiford v. City of New York Department of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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