Claim of Broomfield v. Roosevelt Hotel Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 30, 1998, which denied the employer’s request for full Board review.

*920After claimant filed a discrimination complaint pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 120 in March 1995, the hearing on the complaint was repeatedly rescheduled either in response to the employer’s numerous requests for adjournments or its failure to appear. The notice of the last of the rescheduled hearings contained an additional provision advising that it would be the employer’s final opportunity to appear with witnesses. The employer failed to appear…