Case Name: In the Matter of Robert Kampel, Petitioner, v. Westchester County Health Care Corporation et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-08-13
Citations: 286 A.D.2d 390
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Robert Kampel, Petitioner, v Westchester County Health Care Corporation et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 390–391

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Robert Kampel, Petitioner, v Westchester County Health Care Corporation et al., Respondents.
[729 NYS2d 169]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Westchester County Health Care Corporation, dated November 5, 1999, which confirmed a determination of a Hearing Officer, made after a hearing, finding, inter alia, that the petitioner was guilty of charges of misconduct and/or incompetence and terminated the petitioner's employment.
Adjudged that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, with costs.
There is substantial evidence in the record to support the charges of misconduct and/or incompetence against the petitioner based on his excessive absences, his failure to comply with the established call-in procedure to report his absences, and two incidents in which he pushed co-workers (see, Matter of Garayua v Board of Educ., 248 AD2d 714; Matter of Kagha v Carter, 214 AD2d 928; Matter of Romano v Town Bd., 200 AD2d 934). Moreover, the penalty of dismissal was not so disproportionate to the offenses as to be "shocking to one's sense of fairness" (Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222, 233-234; see also, Matter of Garayua v Board of Educ., supra, 248 AD2d 714; Matter of Romano v Town Bd., supra). Santucci, J. P., Goldstein, Florio and Crane, JJ., concur.