In re Claim of Stagliano v. New York Telephone Co.

Appeals from two decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 30, 1988 and January 17, 1989, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accident during the course of his employment and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

The evidence before the Workers’ Compensation Board supports its conclusion that claimant’s injury was not work *888related. The record shows that on the Friday before his accident, claimant was told by his employer that he would not be permitted to work if he wore the shirt with the offending language on it. Although he was given the options of…