Dr. Sari Edelman v. NYU Langone Health System, et al.

New York, New York employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on New York and federal Equal Pay

Acts, and for gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, the New York

State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law violation theories.



Dr. Sari Edelman, a female rheumatologist formerly employed by the New York University hospital system, sued various NYU

entities (collectively, "NYU”), as well as individual NYU employees Andrew Rubin, David Kaplan, Joseph Antonik, and Joshua Swirnow, after her employment was terminated following disputes with Antonik and Kaplan. Edelman asserted claims for violation of the New York and federal Equal Pay Acts, and for gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. the matter proceeded to a jury trial. The District Court granted, in part, a motion for judgment as a matter of law ("JMOL”) at the close of the evidence,

entering judgment in favor of Kaplan on all claims of retaliation; in favor of Kaplan, Rubin, and Swirnow on all claims of discrimination; and in favor of all defendants as to willfulness on the equal pay claims and as to punitive damages.

The remaining claims of retaliation, discrimination, and equal pay proceeded to the jury. The jury found in favor of Edelman on her retaliation claims against NYU and Antonik and awarded Edelman $700,000 in damages; the jury found in

favor of defendants on all other claims. After trial, the District Court granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV”) in favor of defendants, vacating the verdicts in favor of Edelman. The District Court denied Edelman's cross-

motion for JNOV on her equal pay claims.

Vacated and reversed.