Claim of Webb v. New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 24, 2001, which ruled that claimant had not been discharged in violation of Workers’ Compensation Law § 120.

Claimant, a provisional employee of the self-insured employer, suffered work-related injuries in July 1996 for which a workers’ compensation claim was established. In the months following his injuries, claimant was unable to work and submitted medical documentation to his employer as required by the employer’s sick leave policies. In October 1996, however, claimant’s supervisor found that the medical documents…