Claim of Axel v. Duffy-Mott Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Main, J.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which, among other things, determined that the employer herein had discriminated against the claimant in violation of section 120 of the Workers’ Compensation Law.

Claimant was working for the employer herein, Duffy-Mott Company, Inc., as a computer programmer when, on January 18, 1974, she became embroiled in an argument with her supervisor over the fact that an assignment which she had been given would not be completed on time. According to the employer, this incident was the culmination of a…