Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. v. New York State Human Rights Appeal Board

— Proceeding instituted in this court pursuant to section 298 of the Executive Law to review a determination of the State Human Rights Appeal Board, dated August 2, 1978, which affirmed an order of the State Division of Human Rights finding that petitioner had discriminated against complainant because of her obesity and hypertension, which were disabilities within the meaning of the Human Rights Law. The complainant was refused re-employment by the petitioner in October of 1975 when its medical department determined that this five-foot- and seven-inch-tall woman was obese at the weight of…