Cristini v. Staten Island University Hospital

*382In an action to recover damages for retaliatory discharge pursuant to Labor Law § 740, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Gigante, J.), dated December 18, 2002, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff became employed as a physician’s assistant with the Staten Island University Hospital (hereinafter the Hospital) in 1996. She voluntarily transferred from the Hospital’s Department of Rehabilitation to the Department of Research and Clinical Technology (hereinafter…