Claim of Gibbs v. New York City Health & Hospital Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 27, 2012, which refused to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Law Judge and assessed a penalty against the self-insured employer pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 23.

Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits alleging that she suffered from plantar fasciitis and heel spurs due to repetitive standing as a result of her employment as a stock worker supervisor at a hospital. After the self-insured employer controverted the claim, the matter was scheduled for a prehearing conference. At the…