BYAS v. CORNELL UNIVERSITY

6768, 151694/14.

162 A.D.3d 416 (2018)

74 N.Y.S.3d 737

2018 NY Slip Op 03939

Lisa Byas, Respondent, v. Cornell University, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided June 5, 2018.


Defendant asserted that it laid plaintiff off as part of a legitimate, nondiscriminatory departmental restructuring in which it effectively eliminated her position by transferring responsibility for her duties to its partner hospital. Viewing the record in the light most favorable to plaintiff as nonmovant, we find that in opposition, plaintiff raised issues of fact as to whether defendant's proffered reason was a pretext for disability discrimination.

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