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March 30, 2010
MELVINA SEMPER, PLAINTIFF,v.NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL, AND JOANNA ZANKO DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff Melvina Semper ("Plaintiff") brings this action against Defendants New York Methodist Hospital ("Methodist Hospital"), and hospital employee Joanna Zanko (together, "Defendants"). Plaintiff's Complaint alleges fourteen causes of action, including violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. ("Title VII"), New York State Human Rights Law, N.Y. Exec. Law §§ 296 et seq., Administrative Code of the City of New York, § 8-107.1(a), New York State Labor Law (Whistleblower Law) § 740, and state-law claims of tortious interference with contractual relations, breach of the implied covenant of good faith, and intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress. Currently before the Court is Defendants' motion for partial dismissal of Plaintiff's claims, including Plaintiff's Title VII and state-law claims of tortious interference with contractual relations, breach of implied covenant of good faith, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In addition, Plaintiff seeks leave to amend her Complaint, and, to that end, has attached a proposed Amended Complaint to her opposition to the motion to dismiss. For the reasons stated below, Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's motion for leave to amend her Complaint is DENIED.
On a motion to dismiss,*fn1 the Court must "take[] factual allegations [in the complaint] to be true and draw[] all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor." Harris v. Mills, 572 F.3d 66, 71 (2d Cir. 2009) (citation omitted). Here, resolution of the motion to dismiss requires concurrently ruling on Plaintiff's motion for leave to amend. Thus, the Court will consider facts pled in Plaintiff's proposed Amended Complaint*fn2 separately from those appearing in Plaintiff's original Complaint.
I. Original Complaint
Plaintiff, a black female, is a registered nurse. She received a Master's Degree in Nursing, with a concentration in leadership and management, in May 2008. (Compl. (Doc. No. 1) ¶ 5.) Individual defendant Joanna Zanko is a white employee of Methodist Hospital and, at all times relevant to this action, Plaintiff's supervisor. (Id. ¶ 3.) Plaintiff was employed by Methodist Hospital from June of 2003 until September 12, 2008, when she was "summarily terminated or constructively discharged." (Id. ¶ 4.)
In early 2007, Methodist Hospital placed an advertisement inviting applications for several vacant nurse manager positions. (Id. ¶ 8.) Plaintiff, while attending a master's degree program in nursing, unsuccessfully applied to one of these positions. (Id.) Plaintiff later learned that Methodist Hospital had filled the vacant nurse manager positions with, according to Plaintiff, less-qualified, white candidates. (Id. ¶ 9.) Plaintiff complained to her supervisors and threatened to file official complaints with respect to these allegedly discriminatory hiring decisions. (Id. ¶ 10.)
In 2007, Plaintiff concluded that Methodist Hospital's medical student and resident supervision practices were inadequate. (Id. ¶ 11.) These practices, Plaintiff opined, failed to provide adequate supervision, leading to the incorrect prescribing of medicine and the administration of inaccurate medication dosages to Methodist Hospital's elderly patients. (Id.) Plaintiff met with her supervisors, including Zanko, on numerous occasions to address these concerns, and threatened to file formal complaints with appropriate authorities in the event her concerns remained unaddressed. (Id.)
Plaintiff alleges that, instead of addressing her concerns with respect to the Hospital's hiring and supervisory practices, Defendants "criticized, harassed, intensely monitored, and highly scrutinized" Plaintiff, threatening to terminate her on multiple occasions. (Id. ¶ 13.) On September 12, 2008, Plaintiff was "summarily terminated or constructively discharged" from Methodist Hospital. (Id. ¶ 14.)
Plaintiff filed a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on July 15, 2009. (Def. Mot. to Dismiss ("Def. Mot.") Ex. 2 (Doc. No. 9-3).) The EEOC issued a Dismissal and Notice of Rights on August 14, 2009. (Pl. Mem. in Opp. to Mot. to Dismiss ("Pl. Mem.") Ex. 1 (Doc. No. 10-3).) Plaintiff brought suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, on September 11, 2009. Defendants removed the action to this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446, and immediately filed this motion to dismiss.
II. Additional Facts: Amended Complaint
Plaintiff provided this Court with a proposed Amended Complaint to which she also attached, inter alia, an Affidavit ("Pl Aff." or "Affidavit") purporting to add and clarify relevant facts. First, Plaintiff alleges that while employed by Methodist Hospital, she "witnessed several deaths and or near death experiences at the Hospital." (Pl. Proposed Am. Compl. (Doc. No. 10-4) ¶ 18.) Plaintiff attributes these deaths and or near death experiences to the Hospital's "improper quality of patient care." (Id.)
Second, Plaintiff alleges that during her employment at Methodist Hospital she accumulated four weeks of vacation time and over 300 hours of unused sick time. (Id. ¶ 26.) It is standard practice, Plaintiff claims, for Methodist Hospital to compensate employees for such entitlements in the event of discharge or termination. (Id. ¶ 27.) Since Plaintiff's termination on September 12, 2008, however, Methodist Hospital has not rendered these entitlements to Plaintiff. (Id. ¶ 28.)
Third, Plaintiff alleges that, prior to her discharge or termination, "on or about August 6, 2008," her Union filed a grievance pursuant to the parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement but that "the Union failed to process her grievance despite plaintiff's entreaties." (Id. ¶ 24.)
Drawing all possible inferences in favor of the Plaintiff, as this Court must when deciding a motion to dismiss, the Plaintiff interposes a chronology of events explaining the belated filing of her EEOC charge. Following Plaintiff's termination on September 12, 2008, on the advice of her attorney, Plaintiff prepared a draft of the EEOC charge and submitted it to her attorney for review in May 2009. (Pl. Mem. (Doc. No. 10-6) ¶ 8) Plaintiff's attorney edited the charge, dated it June 19, 2009, and returned a final version for her approval on or about that date. (Id. ¶ 9; Def. Mot. Ex. 2.) Plaintiff signed and "promptly" returned the final draft to her attorney. (Id. ¶ 10.) For reasons unknown, however, the final draft never reached the attorney. (Id. ¶ 12.) Her attorney had incorrectly assumed she would send the charge directly to the EEOC and therefore did not await any packages from Plaintiff. (Id. ¶ 12.) On July 6, 2009, roughly seventeen days after the completion of the EEOC final draft and three days shy of the statutory filing deadline, Plaintiff contacted her attorney, and concluded that the EEOC charge had never been delivered. (Id.) On July 8, 2009, Plaintiff signed and dated a new set of documents and mailed them to her attorney, who appended these documents to the original EEOC final draft (still dated June 19, 2009) and promptly filed the documents with the EEOC on July 13, 2009, 304 days after Plaintiff's termination. (Id. ¶¶ 13--15.) The EEOC received the complaint, as evidenced by the received stamp contained on the document, on July 15, 2009. (Def. Mot. Ex. 2.)
A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) requires the court to examine the legal, rather than factual, sufficiency of a complaint. As required by Rule 8(a)(2), a pleading must contain a "short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." To withstand a motion to dismiss, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009) (citing Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)).
A court considering a 12(b)(6) motion must "take[] factual allegations [in the complaint] to be true and draw[] all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor." Harris v. Mills, 572 F.3d 66, 71 (2d Cir. 2009) (citation omitted). A complaint need not contain "'detailed factual allegations,'" but it must contain "more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation." Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. at 1949 (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). In other words, "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Id. (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). Rather, the plaintiff's complaint must include "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570. "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. at 1949 (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570). The determination of whether "a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will . . . be a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense." Id. at 1950 (citing Iqbal v. Hasty, 490 F.3d 143, 157--158 (2d Cir. 2007)).
In Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., the Supreme Court rejected the notion that there is a heightened pleading standard in discrimination cases, holding that the survival of a complaint in an employment discrimination case does not rest on whether it contains specific facts establishing a prima facie case under the standard set forth in McDonnell Douglas v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973). 534 U.S. 506, 510 (2002) ("The prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas . . . is an evidentiary standard, not a pleading requirement."); see also Williams v. N.Y. City Hous. Auth., 458 F.3d 67, 71--72 (2d Cir. 2006) (applying Swierkiewicz to retaliation claims); Leibowitz v. Cornell Univ., 445 F.3d 586, 591 (2d Cir. 2006) (applying Swierkiewicz to discrimination claims under Title VII).
Moreover, the Second Circuit has held that the framework articulated in Swierkiewicz for analyzing whether a plausible claim for discrimination has been pleaded remains viable in the wake of Twombly and Iqbal. See, e.g., Arista Records LLC v. Doe 3, 604 F.3d 110, 120--21 (2d Cir. 2010) ("[A]lthough Twombly and Iqbal require factual amplification [where] needed to render a claim plausible, we reject [appellant's] contention that Twombly and Iqbal require the pleading of specific evidence or extra facts beyond what is needed to make the claim plausible." (internal quotations and citations omitted)); Boykin v. Key Corp., 521 F.3d 202, 213 (2d Cir. 2008) (noting that Twombly "affirmed the vitality of Swierkiewicz,which applied a notice pleading standard, and explained that its decision did not 'require heightened fact pleading of specifics.'"); Gillman v. Inner City Broad. Corp., No. 08 Civ. 8909 (LAP), 2009 WL 3003244, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2009) ("Iqbal was not meant to displace Swierkiewicz's teachings about pleading standards for employment discrimination claims because in Twombly, which heavily informed Iqbal, the Supreme Court explicitly affirmed the vitality of Swierkiewicz."); accord E.E.O.C. v. Propak Logistics, Inc., No. 1:09-cv-311, 2010 WL 3081339, at *5 (W.D.N.C. Aug. 6, 2010) ("[E]ven after Twombly, an employment discrimination plaintiff is not required to plead specific facts but may rely on notice pleading requirements." (citing Boykin, 521 F.3d at 212--15)).
I.Title VII Claims
In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants engaged in unlawful discrimination, retaliation, and harassment -- each constituting an unlawful employment practice prohibited by Title VII.
a.Individual Liability Under Title VII
Plaintiff's Title VII claims against individual defendant Zanko must be dismissed as a matter of law, because there is no individual liability under Title VII. (Def. Mot. (Doc. No. 9-7) ("Def. Mem.") 1.) While Title VII grants employees the right to be "free from discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, or religion" by an employer, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a), "individuals are not subject to liability under Title VII." See Wrighten v. Glowski, 232 F.3d 119, 120 (2d Cir. 2000) (per curiam). Accordingly, Plaintiff's Title VII claims against individual Defendant Zanko are DISMISSED.
b.Prerequisites to Filing a Title VII Claim
A Plaintiff must timely file an EEOC charge as a prerequisite to a
Title VII claim in federal court. See Francis v. City of N.Y., 235
F.3d 763, 767 (2d Cir. 2000). To be timely, a prospective plaintiff
must file a charge with the EEOC "within three hundred days after the
alleged unlawful employment practice occurred . . . ."*fn3
42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(e)(1), (f)(1); Williams
v. N.Y. City Health & Hosp. Corp., No. 08-CV-4132 (RRM)(LB), 2010 WL
2836356, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Jul. 16, 2010). Failure to file a timely
charge acts as a bar to a plaintiff's ability to bring the action.
Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 455 U.S. 385, 393 (1982); Butts
v. N.Y. City Dep't of Hous. Pres. & Dev., 990 F.2d 1397, 1401 (2d Cir.
1993), aff'd after remand on other grounds, 173 F.3d 843 (2d Cir.
Courts strictly adhere to the 300-day filing period. National R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 109, 114 (2002). The 300-day period accrues when a prospective plaintiff "knew or should have known of the adverse treatment upon which he or she will ultimately sue." McMillian v. N.Y. City Dep't of Corr., No. 97-9261, 1998 WL 385986, at * 1 (S.D.N.Y. May 29, 1998) (citing Morse v. Univ. of Vt., 973 F.2d 122, 125 (2d Cir. 1992)). The court's inquiry does not focus on "the point at which the consequences of the act become painful;" rather, "[t]he timeliness of a discrimination claim is measured from the date the claimant receives notice of the allegedly discriminatory decision." Morse, 973 F.2d at 125 (emphasis in original) (citing Chardon v. Fernandez, 454 U.S. 6, 8 (1981)). However, the timely charge requirement is "not a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit in federal court, but a requirement that, like a statute of limitations, is subject to waiver, estoppel, and equitable tolling." Zipes, 455 U.S. at 393.
Here, Plaintiff alleges she was terminated on September 12, 2008, which serves as the latest date of accrual for any cause of action arising out of the scope of her employment with Methodist Hospital. Plaintiff filed her EEOC charge on July 15, 2009, 306 days following her termination. Plaintiff's claim is time-barred unless it can be saved by equitable tolling or the application of the continuing violation doctrine. Because neither properly applies to the facts of this case, Plaintiff's Title VII claims are time-barred and Defendant's motion to dismiss the Title VII claims is GRANTED.
c.Equitable Tolling
Plaintiff argues that the doctrine of equitable tolling applies here and consequently excuses the six-day delay in her filing of the EEOC charge. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that she exercised "reasonable diligence" in pursuing her EEOC claim and that "for some reason" her EEOC charge was either lost or delivered to the wrong address. (Pl. Mem. 10.) The Court finds equitable tolling to be inapplicable.
The Supreme Court has recognized that the 300-day time limit for filing an EEOC charge is subject to equitable tolling. Zipes, 455 U.S. at 393. The doctrine of equitable tolling rests on the assumption that a statute of limitations will not run against a plaintiff unaware of her cause of action. Cerbone v. Int'l Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, 768 F.2d 45, 48 (2d Cir. 1999) (internal citations omitted) (noting that the doctrine of equitable tolling developed in response to circumstances in which defendants' fraudulent activity prevented plaintiffs from discovering causes of action until after the expiration of statute of limitations periods). Courts have applied the doctrine of equitable tolling in "three general circumstances: (1) when an employer's actively misleading conduct is responsible for the employee's ignorance of [her] cause of action; (2) when tolling of the time bar might be permitted as a matter of fairness; and (3) when extraordinary circumstances have prevented the employee from exercising [her] rights." Amar v. Hillcrest Jewish Ctr., No. 05-CV-03290 (RRM)(RML), 2009 WL 891795, at * 19 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2008) (citing Miller v. Int'l Tel. & Tel. Corp., 755 F.2d 20, 24 (2d Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1015 (1985)).
In considering whether equitable tolling applies, courts consider whether the party seeking its application: "(1) has acted 'with reasonable diligence during the time period she seeks to have tolled,' and (2) has proved that the circumstances are so extraordinary that the doctrine should apply." Zerilli-Edelglass v. N.Y. City Transit Auth., 333 F.3d 74, 80--81 (2d Cir. 2003) (citing Chapman v. ChoiceCare Long Island Term Disability Plan, 288 F.3d 506, 512 (2d Cir. 2002)). "[T]he principles of equitable tolling . . . do not extend to what is at best a garden variety claim of excusable neglect." Irwin v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, 498 U.S. 89, 96 (1990) Instead, equitable tolling may be appropriate where, for instance, "the claimant has actively pursued his judicial remedies by filing a defective pleading during the statutory period, or where the complainant has been induced or tricked by his adversary's misconduct . . . ." Id.; see also Morgan, 536 U.S. at 113; Smith v. McGinnis, 208 F.3d 13, 17 (2d Cir. 2000) (noting that equitable tolling should apply only in "rare and exceptional circumstance[s]").
Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that her circumstances are so rare and exceptional as to render the application of equitable tolling proper. Instead, Plaintiff appears to ask this Court to equitably toll the operation of a strict limitations period on account of her or her attorney's ordinary neglect, or alternatively because her tardiness in filing the EEOC charge was minimal. In her original Complaint, Plaintiff only asserts that she was terminated on September 12, 2008; that she filed an EEOC charge in July 2009; and that she received a Dismissal and Notice of Rights from the EEOC on August 14, 2009. In fact, Plaintiff's EEOC charge bears a "received stamp" dated July 15, 2009, 306 days after Plaintiff's termination. There is nothing on the face of Plaintiff's original Complaint or in the documents referenced therein that suggests that circumstances were so extraordinary that equitable tolling should apply.
Plaintiff by affidavit appended to her proposed Amended Complaint further alleges that her charge to the EEOC "was either lost or delivered to the wrong address" and as a result, her charge was "delayed by merely six days." (Pl. Mem. 10.) The loss or misdelivery referenced in Plaintiff's Opposition Memo ostensibly refers to the incident in which Plaintiff unsuccessfully sent the EEOC charge to her attorney on June 19, 2009, expecting him to forward it to the EEOC. There is little to no support, however, for the proposition that equitable tolling excuses so-called lost-in-the-mail scenarios.
It is true that, in certain situations, mailing or clerical errors may trigger equitable tolling. See Johnson v. Smarte Carte, Inc., No. 04-CV-5573 (JFB)(SMG), 2007 WL 1176736, at *2 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2007) (equitably tolling 90-day period in which plaintiffs must file suit after receiving EEOC right to sue letter because EEOC sent all correspondence to incorrect address due to clerical error). Equitable tolling applies to clerical or mailing complications primarily in those situations where "the EEOC, not plaintiff, was derelict in its duties." Jacobs v. SUNY at Buffalo Sch. of Medicine, 204 F. Supp. 2d 586, 592 (W.D.N.Y. 2002) (applying equitable tolling where Plaintiff actively pursued her claim but filed an untimely charge due to misinformation given to her by the EEOC); see also Smith v. Chase Manhattan Bank, No. 97 Civ. 4507 (LLM), 1998 WL 642930, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 1998) (applying equitable tolling where EEOC sent right to sue letter to incorrect address, though Plaintiff notified the EEOC of an address change); O'Connor v. Pan Am, No. 88 Civ. 5962 (KTD), 1990 WL 118286, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. May 4, 1990) (applying equitable tolling where Plaintiff filed a late charge because the EEOC mislead her about her rights). Absent misleading or negligent conduct by the EEOC or the Plaintiff's employer facing liability, equitable tolling generally does not apply. See Dillmon v. Combustion Eng'ring, 784 F.2d 57, 60 (2d Cir. 1986) (refusing to find equitable tolling where plaintiff failed to "present any evidence that he was unaware of his cause of action . . . because of [defendant's] misleading conduct" and because circumstances were not extraordinary). Here, there is no indication that the delay resulted from clerical error or misleading conduct attributable to the EEOC or to Plaintiff's employer, or any other extraordinary circumstance.
Furthermore, though Plaintiff contends that the EEOC submission was lost in the mail, the failure to discover that this was the case was the result of miscommunication between her and her attorney. Plaintiff believed her attorney was responsible for sending the EEOC charge; her attorney thought Plaintiff had sent it to the EEOC directly. Plaintiff's failure to follow up with her attorney until approximately seventeen days after mailing him the final draft of her EEOC charge, and her attorney's concomitant failure to confirm with Plaintiff that the EEOC charge had been sent, more closely resembles a case of ordinary, garden variety neglect than a circumstance so extraordinary as to trigger application of equitable tolling.
Indeed, the Second Circuit has refused to apply equitable tolling in cases of ordinary attorney neglect, holding, for example, that "equitable tolling of the [EEOC] filing is inappropriate . . . notwithstanding the plaintiff's allegations that she was given incorrect information by both an EEOC employee and her own counsel." See Crossman v. Crosson, 905 F. Supp. 90, 95 n.3 (E.D.N.Y. 1995) (emphasis added) (citation omitted); see also South v. Saab Cars USA, Inc., 28 F.3d 9, 12 (2d Cir. 1994) ("[L]ack of due diligence on the part of plaintiff's attorney is insufficient to justify application of an equitable toll."). Attorney neglect falls within the "garden variety claims of excusable neglect" to which equitable tolling does not apply. Irwin, 498 U.S. at 96 (refusing to apply equitable tolling where plaintiff failed to file a timely claim because plaintiff's lawyer was out of his office when the EEOC notice was received). Likewise, to the extent that this miscommunication may have resulted from Plaintiff's neglect, the same principle applies; Plaintiff's actions amounted to no more than excusable neglect undeserving of equitable tolling. See McClendon v. Bronx Cnty. Dist. Attorneys Office, No. 09 Civ. 03632 (WGY), 2011 WL 507090, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2011) (holding that plaintiff's failure to notify attorney of receipt of right to sue letter and failure to confirm that the attorney had received the letter did not warrant the application of equitable tolling).
Finally, Plaintiff points to the "mere six day[]" delay as grounds alone for applying the equitable tolling doctrine. (Pl. Mem. 10.) No principle of law supports the proposition that the applicability of equitable tolling is measured by time alone. Rather, the relevant inquiry centers of the factual circumstances leading to the delay; equitable tolling does not excuse ordinary neglect. See Johnson v. Al Tech Specialties Steel Corp., 731 F.2d 143, 147 (2d. Cir 1984) (holding, in the context of the 90-day period during which a plaintiff must bring suit after receiving a right to sue letter, that "in the absence of a recognized equitable consideration, the court cannot extend the limitations period by even one day") (citation omitted); Toolan v. Bd. of Educ. of City of N.Y., No. 02 Civ. 6989(DC), 03 Civ. 576 (DC), 2003 WL 22015437, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 25, 2003) (refusing to apply equitable tolling where plaintiff filed suit one day after the 90-day filing period).
Therefore, equitable tolling does not apply, and Plaintiff's Title VII Claims are time-barred.
d.The Continuing Violation Doctrine
Plaintiff claims that even if her pre- and post-September 12, 2008 claims are time-barred, because "the defendants are still sitting on plaintiff's earned vacation time and unused sick time, and have refused to pay plaintiff those entitlements . . . plaintiff's Title VIII claims including but not limited to her pre/post September 12, 2008 claims are saved by the continuing violation doctrine." (Pl. Mem. 11.) This Court disagrees.
Under the continuing violation doctrine, discriminatory acts occurring prior to the expiration of the 300-day EEOC filing period can be saved "if a plaintiff has experienced a continuous practice and policy of discrimination," in which case "the commencement of the statute of limitations period may be delayed until the last discriminatory act in furtherance of [the discriminatory practice or policy]." Fitzgerald v. Henderson, 251 F.3d 345, 359 (2d Cir. 2001) (citing Gomes v. Avco Corp., 964 F.2d 1330, 1333 (2d Cir. 1992)) (internal quotations omitted). In other words, "[u]nder the continuing violation exception to the Title VII limitations period, if a Title VII plaintiff files an EEOC charge that is timely as to any incident of discrimination in furtherance of an ongoing policy of discrimination, all claims of acts of discrimination under that policy will be timely even if they would be untimely standing alone." Patterson v. Cnty. of Oneida, 375 F.3d 206, 220 (2d Cir. 2004) (internal quotation and citation omitted).
The Second Circuit has recognized two general situations in which the continuing violation doctrine applies: (1) "where there is proof of specific ongoing discriminatory polices or practices," or (2) "where specific and related instances of discrimination are permitted by the employer to continue unremedied for so long as to amount to a discriminatory policy or practice." Cornwell v. Robinson, 23 F.3d 694, 704 (2d Cir. 1994). In these circumstances, a new 300-day limitations period begins to toll after each discrete act, even though such acts might be similar in nature and committed by the same employer. Morgan, 536 U.S. at 112.
However, "discrete acts that fall within the statutory time period do not make timely acts that fall outside the time period" even if the acts are related. Id. Discrete discriminatory acts include "failure to promote, denial of transfer, or refusal to rehire." Id. at 114. In contrast, the archetypical continuing violation is a hostile work environment claim, since its "very nature involves repeated conduct. The 'unlawful employment practice' therefore cannot be said to occur on any particular day. It occurs over a series of days or perhaps years and, in direct contrast to discrete acts, a single act of harassment may not be actionable on its own." Id. (citations omitted).
Nothing in Plaintiff's original Complaint suggests any hostile work environment or ongoing discriminatory policy extended beyond the date of her termination. Quite the contrary, Plaintiff alleged that discrimination took place while employed at Methodist Hospital prior to and on the date of her termination, September 12, 2008. On the basis of the facts pled in Plaintiff's original Complaint, the continuing violation is irrelevant.
In her proposed Amended Complaint, Plaintiff argues that Methodist Hospital's persistence in withholding from her duly-earned vacation and unused sick time triggers the application of the continuing violation doctrine. However, refusal to pay benefits more closely resembles a discrete discriminatory act actionable in itself than evidence of an ongoing discriminatory policy or mechanism -- the failure to pay benefits related to termination is more properly understood as a one-time event than an ongoing practice of discrimination. See Allah v. City of N.Y. Dep't of Parks & Recreation, No. 01-9114, 2002 WL 31119698, at *3 (2d. Cir. Sept. 25, 2005) (refusing to apply continuing violation doctrine to discrete acts such as transfers, termination, loss of pay, and loss of vacation).
Accordingly, Plaintiff may not use Methodist Hospital's withholding of benefits to render timely any alleged discriminatory actions falling outside of the statutory filing period. See Morgan, 536 U.S. at 112 ("[D]iscrete acts that fall within the statutory time period do not make timely acts that fall outside the time period.") As the pre-termination allegations, and the termination itself, both occurred outside of the statutory time period, they are time-barred notwithstanding an independent discrete act such as withholding benefits that may hypothetically fall within the statutory time-period.
Plaintiff filed a revised EEOC charge after the commencement of this action on April 22, 2010 -- 587 days after her termination -- in which she complained of Methodist Hospital's refusal to pay her earned benefits. Nothing in the record indicates that Plaintiff received a response from the EEOC on these claims. Regardless, because the alleged withholding of benefits is a discrete discriminatory act, the 300-day filing period accrues when Plaintiff knew or should have known that Methodist Hospital was unlawfully withholding her pay entitlements: here, at Plaintiff's termination on September 12, 2008, or shortly thereafter. Morse, 937 F.2d at 125. Plaintiff's Amended Complaint filed on April 22, 2010, 527 days later, is fatally beyond the 300-day filing limit. Therefore, insofar as Methodist Hospital's withholding of plaintiff's earned vacation and unused sick time is a separately actionable discrete discriminatory act, Plaintiff's EEOC charges were still untimely. Therefore, this claim is also time-barred.
e.Timeliness of Plaintiff's Title VII Claims
Because Plaintiff filed her charge with the EEOC 306 days after she knew or should have known of the discriminatory employment practices underlying this suit -- six days after the filing deadline -- and because neither equitable tolling nor the continuing violation doctrine cleanses this deficiency, Plaintiff's Title VII claims are untimely as a matter of law. Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's Title VII claims is GRANTED.
II.Motion for Leave to Amend
Plaintiff seeks leave to amend her Complaint, appending to her Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Partial Dismissal a proposed Amended Complaint containing additional factual allegations and enhanced legal theories. (Pl. Mem. 1.) However, these do not alter the Court's determination as to whether Plaintiff's Title VII claims are inapplicable to individual defendants and time-barred, or whether Plaintiff's state-law tort and contract claims are preempted by federal labor law. Accordingly, amendment would be futile and Plaintiff's motion for leave to amend is denied.
Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires courts to freely grant leave to amend "when justice so requires." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). The decision whether to grant leave to amend is within the discretion of the District Court. See Ruffolo v. Oppenheimer & Co., 987 F.2d 129, 131 (2d Cir. 1993) (internal citation omitted). A court may deny a plaintiff leave to amend on a showing of undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive by the movant, undue prejudice to the non-movant, or futility. See Protter v. Nathan's Famous Sys., Inc., 904 F. Supp. 101, 111 (E.D.N.Y. 1995) (citing Forman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962)). The non-moving party bears the burden of demonstrating why leave to amend should be denied on futility grounds. See Blaskeiwicz v. Cnty. of Suffolk, 29 F. Supp. 2d 134, 137--38 (E.D.N.Y 1998) (citing Harrison v. NBD Inc., 990 F. Supp. 179, 185 (E.D.N.Y 1998)). Here, Defendants allege that Plaintiff's amendment would be futile, and thus bear the burden of demonstrating that Plaintiff's amendments will be futile in order to properly justify this Court's denial of Plaintiff's request for leave to amend.
An amendment is futile when it is "unlikely to be productive." Ruffolo, 987 F.2d 129 at 131 (internal citations omitted). In other words, denial of leave to amend based on futility is proper when additional facts do not or cannot remedy the deficiency of an initial pleading. See Talley v. Brentwood Union Free Sch. Dist., 728 F. Supp. 2d 226, 233 (E.D.N.Y. 2010) (denying leave to amend). An amendment is futile if it cannot defeat a motion to dismiss. See Riccuiti v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth., 941 F.2d 119, 123 (2d Cir. 1991).
Plaintiff's proposed Amended Complaint does not cure the deficiencies in the original Complaint . As discussed above, Plaintiff's Title VII claims cannot be brought against the individual defendant and are time-barred. As discussed more fully below, Plaintiff's state law tort and contract claims are preempted by federal labor law and fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Accordingly, because Plaintiff's Proposed Amended complaint is futile, the motion to amend is DENIED.
III.Preemption of State Tort and Contract Law Claims
Plaintiff asserts claims of tortious interference with contractual relations, breach of the implied covenant of good faith, and infliction of emotional distress. (Compl. ¶¶ 59--74.) Defendants contend that federal labor law preempts Plaintiff's state law tort and contract claims. This Court agrees, and finds that the Plaintiff's state law tort and contract claims are either preempted or fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
a.Section 301 Preemption
Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (LMRA)*fn4 "require[s] the conclusion that substantive principles of federal labor law must be paramount in the area covered by the [LMRA]." Local 174, Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95, 104 (1962) (discussing preemption of state law claims arising under collective bargaining agreements). "[W]hen resolution of a state-law claim is substantially dependant upon analysis of the terms of an agreement made between the parties in a labor contract . . . that claim must be dismissed as preempted by federal labor-contract law." Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck, 471 U.S. 202, 220 (1985); see also Lingle v. Norge Div. of Magic Chef, Inc., 486 U.S. 399, 405--06 (1988) ("[I]f the resolution of a state-law claim depends upon the meaning of a collective-bargaining agreement, the application of state law[,] which might lead to inconsistent results since there could be as many state-law principles as there are States[,] is pre-empted and federal labor-law principles -- necessarily uniform throughout the Nation -- must be employed to resolve the dispute.").
b.Tortious Interference*fn5
Plaintiff alleges that individual defendant Zanko tortiously interfered with her contractual relationship with Methodist Hospital by wrongfully terminating Plaintiff. (Compl. ¶¶ 59--64.) Defendants argue that because Plaintiff's claim necessarily requires interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") between the parties, it is preempted by Section 301 of the LMRA. (Def. Mem. 11.)
In determining whether Section 301 of the LMRA preemption applies to a claim, courts first examine the elements of the state-law claims at issue. Foy v. Pratt & Whitney Grp., 127 F.3d 229, 233 (2d. Cir. 1997). Second, courts determine whether adjudication of any element of the state law claim necessitates interpretation of the contract. Zuckerman v. Volume Servs. Am., Inc., 304 F. Supp. 2d 365, 370 (E.D.N.Y. 2004) (citing Foy, 127 F.3d at 233). If resolution of one of these elements "depends upon the meaning of a collective-bargaining agreement," then the claim is preempted. Lingle, 486 U.S. at 405--06. In contrast, if "plaintiff's claim can be determined without construing the terms" of the CBA, then there is no preemption. Zuckerman, 304 F. Supp. 2d at 370. "The mere fact that a labor agreement must be consulted or referred to when deciding a claim does not necessarily lead to the conclusion that the claim is preempted." Id.
To allege a claim of tortious interference with contract under New York law, a Plaintiff must show "the existence of a valid contract between the plaintiff and a third party, defendant's knowledge of that contract, defendant's intentional procurement of the third-party's breach of the contract without justification, actual breach of the contract, and damages resulting therefrom." Lama Holding Co. v. Smith Barney Inc., 668 N.E.2d 1370, 1375 (N.Y. 1996) (citations omitted).
Here, the first and fourth elements of Plaintiff's claim -- existence of a valid contract and breach -- require interpretation of the parties' CBA. Indeed, there is no way to adjudicate breach of contract absent interpretation of the underlying contract. See Baylis v. Marriott Corp., 906 F.2d 874, 877 (2d. Cir 1990) ("Under traditional principles of New York law, a party may not recover for tortious inducement of breach of a contract without proving that the underlying contract has been breached.") Resolution of Plaintiff's tortious interference with contract claim is substantially dependent -- if not utterly reliant -- on the interpretation of the CBA, and is therefore preempted by Section 301 of the LMRA. See Sampson v. Medisys Health Network Inc., No. 10-CV-1342 (SJF) (ARL), 2011 WL 579155, at *8 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 08, 2011) ("[A]ny claims arising from breach of a plaintiff's [collective bargaining agreement] are preempted by section 301."); Arnold v. Beth Abraham Health Servs., Inc., No. 09 Civ. 6049 (DLC), 2009 WL 5171736, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 30, 2009) ("Such claims [of tortious interference with contract] must necessarily fail because they are preempted by Section 301 of the LMRA."); Korthas v. NE Foods, Inc, No. 5:03-CV-552 (HGM/DEP), 2006 WL 519401, at *9 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 2006) (holding section 301 preempted plaintiff's claim for tortious interference with contract because that claim would "require interpretation" of a collective bargaining agreement); Amendolare v. Schenkers Int'l Forwarders, Inc., 747 F. Supp. 162, 172 (E.D.N.Y. 1990) (holding plaintiff's state law claims of, inter alia, tortious interference with contract are preempted by section 301 of LMRA). Defendant's motion to dismiss Plaintiff's tortious interference with contract claim is GRANTED.
c.Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith
i.State Claim Preemption
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants are liable for breach of the implied covenant of good faith. (Compl. ¶¶ 65--69.) Defendants allege that this claim is preempted by federal labor law pursuant to Section 301. (Def. Mem. 12.)
In New York, "an implied covenant only arises with respect to contractual relationships." Allocco v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., No. 02 Civ. 1029 (LMM), 2002 WL 1402084, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 27, 2002) (internal citations omitted) (citing Murphy v. Am. Home Prods. Corp., 448 N.E.2d 86, 91 (N.Y. 1983)). New York law "implies a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, pursuant to which neither party to a contract shall do anything which has the effect of destroying or injuring the right of the other party to receive the fruits of the contract." Thyroff v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 460 F.3d 400, 407 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Accordingly, there can be no covenant of good faith implied unless there is a contract between two parties upon which to imply it. See Broder v. Cablevision Sys. Corp., 418 F.3d 187, 198--99 (holding that "[the implied covenant] can only impose an obligation consistent with other mutually agreed upon terms in the contract.") (internal quotations omitted).
Here, the only contract between the parties is the CBA. (Def. Mem. Ex. 4 (Doc. No. 9-5).) When "the only contract that exists between plaintiff and defendants is a [CBA] and any implied obligation that may exist would be in aid of that agreement and would require interpretation of that agreement . . . [a] claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith . . . is preempted." Allocco, 2002 WL 1402084, at *6. The resolution of this claim is "substantially dependent upon analysis of the terms of" the CBA and therefore is preempted by federal law. Allis-Chambers Corp., 471 U.S. at 220.
ii.Federal Claim Under the LMRA
Even were this Court to read Plaintiff's Complaint and Amended Complaint as alleging a federal claim under Section 301 of the LMRA, Plaintiff has nonetheless failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See Lueck, 471 U.S. at 220 ("When resolution of a state-law claim is substantially dependent upon analysis of the terms of a [CBA], that claim must either be treated as a § 301 claim . . . or dismissed as preempted . . . .").
To successfully bring an action under section 301of the LMRA, an employee must exhaust grievance procedures demanded by the CBA at issue. See Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., 424 U.S. 554, 563 (1976). Plaintiff nowhere alleges, in either her Complaint of her proposed Amended Complaint, that she exhausted her grievance procedures as demanded by the CBA. Thus, in order to make out a plausible section 301 claim, Plaintiff must have adequately pled excusal from these requirements. The exhaustion requirement may be excused in two instances: (1) where the employer has repudiated the grievance procedure, and (2) where the union has breached its duty of fair representation. Allocco, 2002 WL 1402084, at *3.
Plaintiff nowhere alleges that Methodist Hospital repudiated the grievance procedure. The sole argument available to Plaintiff is therefore a "hybrid" section 301 claim. "When an employee brings a lawsuit against his employer for termination in violation of his rights under the CBA and the union failed to enforce the employee's rights under the CBA, the employee alleges violation of the CBA and a breach of the union's duty of fair representation." Allocco, 2002 WL 1402084, at *7 (internal citation omitted). Even though Plaintiff does not here bring suit against the Union, if "it is clear from [her] allegations regarding the Union's failure to pursue [her] grievance that [s]he has a fair representation claim against the Union . . . this suit is a hybrid action . . ." Id. (internal citations omitted). A hybrid section 301 claim thus must allege two interrelated claims: first, that the employer violated the CBA, and second, that the union did not "properly represent the employee in pressing [her] grievance against the employer. Chaney v. Greyhound Lines, No. 09 CV 7593 (HB), 2010 WL 2541369, at * 3 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 23, 2010) (citing McKee v. Transco Prods., Inc., 874 F.2d 83, 86 (2d Cir. 1989)).
Even assuming, arguendo, that Plaintiff has sufficiently pled facts to support a claim that Methodist Hospital breached the CBA, Plaintiff has utterly failed to plead sufficient facts to support a claim that the Union breached its duty of fair representation. To prove that a union has breached its duty of fair representation, the plaintiff must: (1) establish "that the union's actions or inactions [were] either arbitrary, discriminatory, or in bad faith" and (2) "demonstrate a causal connection between the union's wrongful conduct and their injuries." Llanos v. Brookdale Univ. Hops. & Medical Cent., No. 10-CV-1726 (DLI)(RML), 2011 WL 809615, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) (internal quotations omitted).
Plaintiff's Complaint makes no mention of the Union's failure to file her grievance. Plaintiff's Amended Complaint alleges that "on or about August 6, 2008, the Union filed a grievance on behalf of the plaintiff. However, the Union failed to process her grievance despite plaintiff's entreaties." (Pl. Proposed Am. Compl. ¶ 24.) From these facts, then, Plaintiff asks the Court to conclude that the Union's failure to process her grievance constituted a breach of its duty of fair representation so as to excuse Plaintiff from the exhaustion requirement. (Pl. Mem. (Doc. 10) 21.)
Where a plaintiff has "not alleged any facts to support" her claims of breach of duty of good faith, the claim must be dismissed. Id.; see Chaney, 2011 WL 2541369, at *4 (dismissing hybrid claim where plaintiff merely paraphrased the legal standard and failed to "allege any facts that suggest the Union failed to adequately represent her . . . "). Even where a plaintiff alleges "arbitrary and bad faith conduct" on the part of the union, conclusory allegations are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss. Llanos, 2011 WL 809615, at *3. Plaintiff fails to make any claim regarding the manner in which or reasons behind the Union's failure to process her grievance. Llanos, 2011 WL 809615, at *3.
Accordingly, though Plaintiff asks the Court to treat her state claims as section 301 claims (Pl. Mem. 20-21), Plaintiff has failed to "plead enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570; see Chaney, 2010 WL 2541369, at *4 (dismissing hybrid claim where plaintiff "did not allege any facts" to suggest a Union breached its duty of fair representation). Defendant's motion to dismiss this claim is GRANTED.
d.Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants engaged in extreme and outrageous conduct, intentionally or recklessly causing Plaintiff severe emotional distress to Plaintiff (IIED). (Compl. ¶¶ 70--74.) Defendants argue that Plaintiff's IIED claim, insofar as it is based on conduct occurring in the normal course of Plaintiff's business relationship with Methodist Hospital, is preempted. The Court finds that, regardless of preemption,*fn6 Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted with respect to her IIED claim.
In New York, to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, a plaintiff must allege: "(1) extreme and outrageous conduct, (2) intent to cause severe emotional distress, (3) a causal connection between the conduct and the injury, and (4) severe emotional distress." Bender v. City of N.Y., 78 F.3d 787, 790 (2d. Cir. 1996). With respect to the first element, to satisfy the standard under New York law, defendant's conduct must be "so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community." Murphy, 448 N.E.2d at 90. Whether the conduct is "outrageous" is a matter of law to be decided by the court. Stuto v. Fleishman, 164 F.3d 820, 827 (2d Cir. 1999) (citation omitted). The bar is extremely high, and "[t]his highly disfavored cause of action is almost never successful." McGown v. City of N.Y., No. 09 Civ. 8646 (CM), 2010 WL 3911458, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2010); see also Ochei v. The Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co., No. 10 Civ. 2548 (CM)(RLE), 2011 WL 744738, at *8 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 1, 2011) (dismissing IIED claim); see also Armatas v. Maroulleti, No. 08-CV-310 (SJF)(RER), 2010 WL 4340437, at *19 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 19, 2010). In fact, the Court of Appeals of New York has noted that, before 1993, every IIED claim before it had "failed because the alleged conduct was not sufficiently outrageous." Howell v. N.Y. Post Co., 612 N.E.2d 699, 702 (N.Y. 1993) (citing Freihofer v. Hearst Corp., 480 N.E.2d 349, 355 (N.Y. 1985)).
i.Allegations in Original Complaint
Plaintiff alleges, in her Complaint, that the alleged failure to promote, the discrimination she experienced, retaliation, harassment, and her termination, constitute IIED. "Courts are reluctant to allow recovery under the banner of intentional infliction of emotional distress absent a 'deliberate and malicious campaign of harassment or intimidation.'" Cohn-Frankel v. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 667 N.Y.S.2d 360, 362 (App. Div. 1998) (quoting Nader v. Gen. Motors Corp., 25 N.Y.2d 560, 569 (1970)). Thus, "New York Courts are reluctant to allow [IIED] claims in employment discrimination cases. The courts are wary of allowing plaintiffs to recharacterize claims for wrongful or abusive discharge . . . as claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress." Stevens v. N.Y., 691 F. Supp. 2d 392, 399 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (quoting Lydeatte v. Bronx Overall Econ. Dev. Corp., No. 00 Civ. 5433(GBD), 2001 WL 180055, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2001)). "Acts which merely constitute harassment, disrespectful or disparate treatment, a hostile environment, humiliating criticism, intimidation, insults or other indignities fail to sustain a claim of [IIED] because the conduct alleged is not sufficiently outrageous." Id.
Plaintiff has not made any showing that the conduct at issue rises to the necessary level of outrageousness to sustain her claim.
ii.Allegations in Amended Complaint
Plaintiff's proposed Amended Complaint adds facts in support of her IIED claim. In addition to the claims previously addressed, Plaintiff alleges that she "witnessed several deaths and or near death experiences at the Hospital that were caused by the defendants' improper quality of patient care." (Pl. Proposed Am. Compl. ¶ 18.) Plaintiff further asserts she was "forced to witness" these "traumatic events."*fn7 (Id.)
However, Methodist Hospital's alleged failure to adequately supervise medical students or residents and Plaintiff's exposure to the resulting deaths or near death experiences of elderly patients simply cannot substantiate an IIED claim. The allegations do not rise to the level of outrageousness necessary to constitute a valid claim for IIED under New York law, and they do not sufficiently allege that there was "intent to cause, or reckless disregard of a substantial probability of causing, severe emotional distress." Conboy v. AT&T Corp., 241 F.3d 242, 258 (2d Cir. 2001).
Plaintiff simply has not and cannot meet the burden of the outrageousness requirement. Plaintiff must overcome an exceedingly high bar to successfully plead that witnessing deaths in the scope of her employment as a nurse can show "outrageous" conduct on the part of Defendants. Surely, being "forced to witness" death is not unusual -- indeed, it is likely routine -- for nurses, particularly for those treating elderly patients. The "improper quality of patient care" alleged is not only wholly conclusory, it is also inadequate to meet the requirement that the conduct alleged is "so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community." Murphy, 448 N.E.2d at 90 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted); (Pl. Mem. 17).
Moreover, the Amended Complaint lacks specific facts sufficient to adequately plead intent. Under New York law, the conduct alleged must be "intentionally directed at the plaintiff." See Gluckman v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 844 F. Supp. 151, 158 (S.D.N.Y. 1994) (citing Martin v. Citibank, N.A., 762 F.2d 212, 220 (2d Cir. 1985); see also Green v. Leibowitz, 118 A.D.2d 756, 500 N.Y.S.2d 146 (App. Div. 1986) ("gravamen of a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is that the conduct complained of 'is especially calculated to cause, and does cause, mental distress of a very serious kind'")(citations omitted). Here, the Plaintiff has not alleged any facts that Defendants' conduct was directed intentionally or recklessly at her; moreover, it strains credulity that to think, even had Plaintiff so alleged, that Defendants purposefully engineered "improper quality of patient care" in order to intentionally cause the Plaintiff mental distress. Thus the Plaintiff has failed to state a claim for IIED.*fn8
Defendant's motion to dismiss Plaintiff's claim for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress is GRANTED.
Defendant's motion to dismiss [Doc. No 9] is GRANTED. This matter is re-committed to the assigned Magistrate Judge for all remaining pre-trial issues including supervision of any settlement discussions, and the preparation of a Joint Pre-Trial Order consistent with this Memorandum and Order.
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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- When First Unto This Country
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Dreadful Wind and Rain
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Russian Lullaby
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Sweet Sunny South
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Old Rockin' Chair
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Down Where The River Bends
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Shady Grove
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Friend of the Devil
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Ripple [more inside]
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Handsome Cabin Boy
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Man Of Constant Sorrow
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- When First Unto This Country
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Dreadful Wind and Rain
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Russian Lullaby
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Sweet Sunny South
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Old Rockin' Chair
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Down Where The River Bends
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Shady Grove
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- Friend of the Devil
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Punch Brothers, Mandolin Brothers and Lloyd Loar
On Monday September 24th, Mandolin Brothers were visited by 3/5ths of The Punch Brothers: Chris Thile, along with Chris Eldridge and Noam Pickelny. Chris played their Lloyd Loar 1924 F-5 mandolin and their 1925 Fern. Among the numbers they played was a lovely rendition of Tennessee Waltz. Previously [more inside]
Birdcloud is Two Tennessee Girls with Stringed Instruments and Potty Mouths
"Birdcloud met in Murfreesboro and immediately didn't like eachother. At a party in 2009 they had some whiskeys and became friends and started dicking around on guitar, writing their first song, a song about going down on your best friend, now lost to the sands of time. Despite a lukewarm reception at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, they have been sitting on eachother's faces ever since, showing eachother their bruises and generally doing whatever they want when it works out that way." Songs on the inside NSFW if you can't tell. [more inside]
Joyful Noise
Pilgrim Productions Presents: Voices Across America, an archive of gospel music in a variety of genres, submitted for free play and download by church groups and folk and traditional groups across the country and beyond. Style, age, and quality vary greatly, but fans of noncommercial music will enjoy hunting for the gems of blues, Cajun, bluegrass, choral, shapenote, country, vintage, and mountain gospel and more.
The Anthology, notated.
"With this blog, I want to use the Folkways Anthology as a roadmap to explore American folk music and maybe other countries traditions along the way. I'll use texts, images, music and videos gathered from my personal collection and from the net to make this work-in-progress enjoyable and educational the best I can." (via)
Figuring out harmonies mathematically is like reading the mind of God.
The occasionally updated The Celestial Monochord claims to be the "Journal of the Institute for Astrophysics and the Hillbilly Blues" [more inside]
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He plays the banjo, but he isn't just some hick. He enjoys Chicks, jamming with friends, wide open spaces and fights.
folkstreams.net - A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures
Folkstreams.net has two goals. One is to build a national preserve of hard-to-find documentary films about American folk or roots cultures. The other is to give them renewed life by streaming them on the internet. The films were produced by independent filmmakers in a golden age that began in the 1960s and was made possible by the development first of portable cameras and then capacity for synch sound. Their films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities. The filmmakers were driven more by sheer engagement with the people and their traditions than by commercial hopes. Their films have unusual subjects, odd lengths, and talkers who do not speak "broadcast English." Although they won prizes at film festivals, were used in college classes, and occasionally were shown on PBS, they found few outlets in venues like theaters, video shops or commercial television. But they have permanent value...folkstreams.net Currently streaming are the films The Land Where the Blues Began , Cajun Country , Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now , Talking Feet: Solo Southern Dance: Buck, Flatfoot and Tap , Ray Lum: Mule Trader and Pizza Pizza Daddy-O , among many others.
Going Down the Crooked Road
Going Down the Crooked Road. Explore the sights and sounds of Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.
RealAudio 78s
701 78s. A huge set of "old-time" music recordings from 1924-1946, made available in RealAudio format by honkingduck.com. Not high sound quality, but an invaluable collection for anyone with any interest in early recorded bluegrass, folk, country, blues, etc.
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December 6, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Things change and businesses move. Change and moving aren't always easy, but acceptance and good planning can help make the transition as seamless and painless as possible. Remember, it is what it is. Make the best of it.
November 30, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Unless you work in human resources or have been involved in a work-related injury, you probably don't know much about workers' compensation. The leading reasons for claims just might surprise you.
November 18, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
The sun has set on FABTECH® 2016. If you weren't there, you missed an amazing show. Each year I wonder what could possibly be new? And each year I am overwhelmed by the amount of innovation. Ours is a creative industry.
November 17, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
A new theme surfaced in today's FABTECH® booth visits: collaboration. Find out who's collaborating and why. Also read about what's next in laser cutting technology and some interesting welding product introductions.
November 16, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Product improvements and introductions were on display in abundance on day one of FABTECH® 2016. Here are just a few of many that can be seen at the show.
November 15, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
It's that time of year again. Fabricators are hitting the road to see the sights and sounds of the biggest show in North America devoted to metal fabricating. FABTECH® opens tomorrow. Will you be there?
November 9, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
What effect does the evolving nature of materials used for fabricated medical devices have on those who manufacture them? Are shops able to use the same processes and equipment with newer materials?
October 18, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
What good is having that new product or machine if you can't get service when you need it? Smart companies provide exceptional service. It makes good business sense.
October 13, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
The 2016 U.S. presidential election is 25 days away. Who will be the nation's 45th president? "Fabricating Update" readers weighed in on who they are voting for and why.
October 5, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Have you ever had anyone who owes you money offer to pay their debt with welding lessons? Kathy Walton did, and now she makes money using the skills she learned.
September 30, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Not all of us work 9 to 5. Some people work different shifts. While some enjoy doing so, it isn't for everyone. No matter the reason behind it, those who work odd hours must be keenly aware of the aspects of such work that potentially are detrimental to their health and quality of life.
September 13, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Frustrated by politics, the economy, or other things over which you have no control? Focus your energy on doing something positive for your industry. Participate in Manufacturing Day. You'll be glad you did.
September 7, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
Love unions or not, they are responsible for many improvements in working conditions in the U.S. They also are responsible for our most recent Federal holiday. However, many workers are not able to observe this holiday the way it was intended.
August 31, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
One in three small businesses have felt the impact of storms or extreme weather, and nearly 40 percent do not reopen after being hit by a natural disaster. Preparation is key to survival.
August 18, 2016 | By Vicki Bell
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Derek Fisher isn't being overwhelmed by that side hobby as NBA players' union president for the time being, so he took a moment Tuesday to do some other unpaid labor -- except to more satisfying results than recent collective bargaining.
Fisher handed out turkeys at the Salesian Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles and Family Youth Center on behalf of the union, which has been restructured for now as a trade association helping NBA players. The National Basketball Players Association's annual Great Turkey Giveaway was set up to feed more than 7,000 families across the country for Thanksgiving, with 1,000 Grade A turkeys given away in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
On the NBA lockout front, meanwhile, CBSSports.com's Ken Berger reported that both the owners' and players' reps have been in contact with Jim Quinn, who helped broker peace in the last lockout in 1999, spawning some belief that settlement discussions could be in the offing.
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This gorgeous Schubert song is now known as much in its piano reduction as it is in its original vocal format, and so often the romantic nature of the original is lost in translation. Here, though, Liu is able to imbue his performance with something of the original sentiment without the benefit of words.
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Stare Too Long at Snickers' Marilyn Billboard, and You Get a Scolding From You-Know-Who
Digital board uses facial recognition to extend Super Bowl idea
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Here's a nifty bit of tech-fueled out-of-home advertising from Snickers and BBDO New York, extending the candy bar's Marilyn Monroe-themed Super Bowl campaign. In April, the agency set up a digital…
Tortoise Gets a Lift From a Very Fast Sports Car in Mercedes' Version of This Aesop's Fable
The hare, like Bugs Bunny before him, comes up short
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A new $100,000 sports car helps the tortoise beat the hare in Mercedes-Benz' Super Bowl ad, which the automaker posted on YouTube today. The ad, from Merkley + Partners in New…
Mercedes Revs Up High-Octane Super Bowl Appearance
Automaker could reap as much as $16 million in media exposure
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With a record eight automotive brands set to air spots in CBS' broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII, the battle for hearts and minds will be more heated than ever. But…
A Devilish Willem Dafoe Joins Kate Upton, Usher in Mercedes Super Bowl Ad
Extended version released online
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109 Architectes has released its proposal for the Beirut Museum of Modern Art (BeMA), for which a competition was recently held. The proposal was shortlisted, but did not ultimately win. In this proposal, BeMA is a box—"a generic form that belongs to everyone"—based on a scene in The Little Prince, where a traveler is asked to draw a sheep. The Prince rejects each sheep drawing until the traveler draws a box, inside of which a sheep is hidden. "The cube is a neutral form in the Little Prince's search for identity. Within it, he sees what he wants to see."
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HW architecture, led by Lebanese/French architect Hala Wardé, has been chosen as the winners of an international competition to design the new BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art in Lebanon. The new museum will be located in the heart of Beirut and features a "central campanile tower" that will rise nearly 400 feet into the air as it becomes a new cultural beacon for the city.
See Oscar Niemeyer's Unfinished Architecture for Lebanon's International Fair Grounds
On the grounds of the Tripoli International Fair (Rashid Karameh International Exhibition Center) in Lebanon, one finds one of the five largest exhibition centers in the world [1]. The 15 structures, designed by legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1963, remain unfinished due to the project's abandonment during the country's civil war in 1975.
Snøhetta's Terraced, Geometric Tower Wins Competition for Bank Headquarters in Beirut
Snøhetta has won a competition to design the new headquarters for Banque Libano Francaise (BLF) in Beirut, Lebanon. The building will feature a geometric facade and several large outdoor terraces carved from the built volume to create a vibrant workplace community. The project marks Snøhetta's first ever commission in Lebanon.
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APEAL Announces Shortlist for Modern and Contemporary Museum in Beirut
The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL) has announced a shortlist for the design of a new modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The yet to be named museum will be located in the city's historic center on land owned by the Université Saint Joseph and directly opposite the National Museum of Beirut. A masterplan for the site includes new campus facilities for the university, a business center, and the museum, all sharing green common areas and underground parking.
CatalyticAction Designs Playgrounds for Refugee Children in Bar Elias, Lebanon
"Within humanitarian responses, programmatically, children often become invisible." (Marc Sommers)
PARALX Designs New Residential Tower in Beirut
Lebanese architecture practice PARALX has won the AIA in Los Angeles' Merit Design Award for its T3 high-rise tower in Beirut. The tower is a part of a larger development scheme in the burgeoning Beirut Digital District (BDD) that will include 12 buildings and over 150,000 square meters of office spaces, apartments, hotels, shops, and entertainment facilities.
David Adjaye's Aishti Foundation in Beirut Nears Completion
The David Adjaye-designed Aishti Foundation in Beirut, Lebanon is nearing completion. Located in central Beirut, the building replaces former warehouses, housing both an art gallery and retail space. This unique "juxtaposition of art and shopping" inspired Adjaye and Associates "to create a design for an entirely new typology that would integrate two, often conflicting, worlds," write the architects in a press release.
Monocle 24's 'Section D' Discusses Design and Architecture from Lebanon to Istanbul
This edition of Section D, Monocle 24's weekly review of design, architecture and craft, dives into Beirut Design Week exploring "what Lebanese designers can show the world." In this show Josh Fehnert examines why Domus have decided to start an academy in Milan, speaks to Dutch typographer Joep Pohlen about his ultimate type reference guide, and assesses some of the architectural similarities between Istanbul and London. While the likenesses are not immediately obvious, both cities are currently undergoing an unprecedented property boom. Istanbul, a city with no strategic masterplan, is growing fast and there are lessons to be learnt from London's comparatively porous urban realm.
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Jerry Marlatt uses his original tools to make creations out of fire, water and steel. Sunday, he and his fellow craftsman hosted an open house to kick off their new summer season at Kearney's Trails and Rails Museum.
This fully functioning shop was built from the ground up to resemble a blacksmithing shop from the 1900s.
"We like to show what we can do, what we used to do," said blacksmith Jerry Marlatt. "And we've had a lot of children in the school systems come through here and it teaches them things they'd never get to see any other way."
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