New York Third Finds Voluntary Withdrawal

The Third Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ruled that a claimant voluntary withdraws from the labor market by rejecting the employer's offers of light duty work assignments. In Blair v. Queens Borough Public Library , No. 98524, 02/09/2006, Juanita Blair, an employee of the Queens Borough Public Library, was injured in August 1999. The library offered her several other positions to accommodate her disability, but Blair claimed she would only accept a position at a branch close to her home that had no stairs. Queens Borough Public Library asserte...