JACOBSEN v. NEW YORK CITY HHC

No. 34

22 N.Y.3d 824 (2014)

11 N.E.3d 159

988 N.Y.S.2d 86

2014 NY Slip Op 2098

WILLIAM JACOBSEN, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCallion & Associates, LLP, New York City ( Kenneth F. McCallion of counsel), for appellant.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Elizabeth S. Natrella , Leonard Koerner and Maxwell Leighton of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and RIVERA concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ABDUS-SALAAM, J.

The issue before us is whether, on a motion for summary judgment disposing of an employee's disability discrimination claims under the New York City Human Rights Law (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 8-107) and the New York State Human Rights Law (see Executive Law § 296), an employer's failure to consider the reasonableness of a proposed accommodation for a generally qualified employee...

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