Karin Garfin v. Charter Communications, Inc.

New York City, New York civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

This case was filed in the Supreme Court, Manhattan County, New York, case number 156813-2020, and was removed to federal court by Charger Communications.



Petitioner is a telecommunications services company that is incorporated in Delaware with its principal executive offices in Stamford, Connecticut. (Petition ¶ 20). Respondent is a resident of New York, New York. (Id. at ¶ 21). For approximately four months in 2017, Respondent was employed by Petitioner in New York, New York, as a senior producer on the NY1 television show "On Stage." (Id. at ¶ 25). She was hired in or around June 2017, and her employment was terminated at some point between late September 2017 and November 2017. (Id.; Garfin Decl. ¶¶ 2-3). Petitioner submits that Plaintiff was terminated for unsatisfactory performance (Petition ¶ 25), while Respondent has alleged that she lost her job due to "her refusal to acquiesce" either to "her boss's sexual advances" or to the Individual Defendants' "discriminatory behavior toward other female employees at [Charter]"

10/11/2024 ***NOTICE TO COURT REGARDING STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Document No. 35 Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal, was reviewed and referred to Judge Katherine Polk Failla for approval for the following reason(s): the plaintiff(s) filed their voluntary dismissal in a stayed case. (tp) (Entered: 10/11/2024)

10/11/2024 36 JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE The Parties in the above-captioned case pending before this Court, by their attorneys as represented below, jointly stipulate to the dismissal of all claims. Respondent Karin Garfin and Petitioner Charter Communications, Inc. (together, the "Parties"), by their attorneys, jointly stipulate to the dismissal of all claims against Charter Communications, Inc., Kevin Dugan, Audrey Gruber, and Joi De Leon, with prejudice. The Parties further stipulate that each party shall bear their own attorneys' fees and costs with respect to the aforementioned claims and dismissal. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate all pending motions, adjourn all remaining dates, and close this case and its related case. SO ORDERED., Case Stay Lifted. (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 10/11/2024) (jca) (Entered: 10/11/2024)