Citron v. Staten Island University Hospital

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 20, 1995, which ruled that claimant’s discharge was not in retaliation for claimant’s filing of a compensation claim.

Claimant was employed by Staten Island University Hospital as a respiratory therapist in November 1991, when she injured her back in an off-duty accident. Claimant applied for and received disability insurance benefits. In November 1992, after refusing the employer’s repeated requests to submit documentation of her continuing inability to return to work, claimant was discharged. Claimant then filed a…