La Joie v. County of Niagara

Judgment unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Respondent appeals from a judgment annulling its termination of petitioner from her civil service position as clerk for the Department of Motor Vehicles, ordering respondent to reinstate petitioner to her job, and awarding petitioner back pay and benefits retroactive to August 28, 1995. The basis for respondent’s termination of petitioner was that she failed to return to work within one year after being placed on workers’ compensation leave.

Supreme Court properly annulled the termination of petitioner from her employment. The record…