Garber v. Board of Education

In this article 78 CPLR proceeding, petitioner, a teacher in the New York City public schools, seeks a review of a determination by the respondent Board of Education which denied payment of her claim for three days’ sick leave. The claim was presented by petitioner with a certificate by a licensed chiropractor which stated that he had treated her for a “lumbo sacral sprain discogenie origin”. The application was rejected on the basis of a letter from the respondent’s Medical Director, which stated, in part, “ I interpret that certification for illness by a chiropractor is not acceptable. I…