HAZEN v. HILL BETTS & NASH

104781/10, 5517

92 A.D.3d 162 (2012)

936 N.Y.S.2d 164

2012 NY Slip Op 47

JAMES M. HAZEN, Petitioner/Respondent, v. HILL BETTS & NASH, LLP, Respondent/Petitioner, et al., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Roth , New York City, for petitioner/respondent.

Jackson Lewis LLP, New York City ( Diane Windholz of counsel), for respondent/petitioner.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., DEGRASSE, ABDUS-SALAAM and ROMÁN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CATTERSON, J.

In this employment discrimination action arising from the termination of the petitioner attorney by the respondent law firm, we reiterate that a petitioner's disability does not shield him from the consequences of workplace misconduct.

Respondent Hill Betts & Nash (hereinafter referred to as HBN) terminated the petitioner, James Hazen, effective March 6, 2006, upon discovering that the petitioner charged hotel...

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