Duckett v. N.Y. Presbyterian Hosp.
Decision Date | 09 July 2015 |
Docket Number | 15623, 114004/10 |
Citation | 130 A.D.3d 473,2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 06012,14 N.Y.S.3d 10 |
Parties | Ngina DUCKETT, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, Defendant–Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York (James S. Frank and Jill Barbarinc of counsel), for appellant.
The Dweck Law Firm, LLP, New York (H.P. Sean Dweck and Chris Fraser of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shlomo S. Hagler, J.), entered October 23, 2014, which denied defendant hospital's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Issues of fact exist as to whether the hospital unlawfully terminated petitioner's employment because of her disability. There is evidence in the record that plaintiff was suffering from a mental illness that was affecting her job performance before the hospital terminated her employment. There is also evidence that hospital employees, including plaintiff's supervisor, were aware of her physical and mental health issues shortly before she took medical leave, and that her supervisor was concerned about her fitness to work upon her return (compare Hazen v. Hill Betts & Nash, LLP, 92 A.D.3d 162, 936 N.Y.S.2d 164 [1st Dept.2012], lv. denied19 N.Y.3d 812, 2012 WL 4074159 [2012] [ ] ).
Plaintiff is not estopped from asserting her discrimination claims under the State and City Human Rights Laws. Her application for, and receipt of, federal and state disability benefits is not inconsistent with her claims (Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp., 526 U.S. 795, 119 S.Ct. 1597, 143 L.Ed.2d 966 [1999] ). Further, the hospital has not established, as a matter of law, that plaintiff could not have performed her job duties with a reasonable accommodation.
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