Claim of Little v. Gaines Electrical Contracting, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Cardona, PJ.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 6, 2005, which ruled that claimant was discriminated against by the employer in violation of Workers’ Compensation Law § 120.
Claimant, an electrician apprentice, maintains that he suffered a ventral hernia as he lifted scrap conduit at a job site for the employer. He advised the employer of his injury and discussed with the employer’s president, David Gaines, the possibility of filing a workers’ compensation claim. According to claimant, Gaines told him to “take a layoff’ and use health insurance to pay for…
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