Cason v. Deutsche Bank Group

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered October 4, 2012, which, in this employment discrimination action, denied defendants’ motion, pursuant to CPLR 603 and 1003, to sever plaintiffs’ claims into separate trial units, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs assert claims under State and City Human Rights Laws, alleging defendants’ discrimination based on race and national origin. Plaintiffs cite defendants’ ethnically disparaging remarks and preferential treatment of plaintiffs’ white counterparts in terms of compensation and promotion. Two plaintiffs…