The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA or Act) guarantees qualifying employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year and encour-ages businesses to adopt more generous policies. Respondent Wol-verine World Wide, Inc., granted petitioner Ragsdale 30 weeks of medical leave under its more generous policy in 1996. It refused her request for additional leave or permission to work part time and ter-... More...   $0 (03-19-2002 - AR)

This case concerns the construction and application of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. Adopted by Congress in 1993 to address conflicts facing working men and women confronted with their or their family members' serious health problems, the FMLA under certain conditions guarantees employees an amount of unpaid leave each year to deal with such problems. It... More...   $0 (03-04-2002 - CA)

Plaintiff-Appellant Elizabeth McBride appeals from the district court's order dismissing her Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") claim and the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee CITGO Petroleum Corporation ("CITGO") on her Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") claim. Ms. McBride became a CITGO employee in 1985. In 1994, Ms. McBride was diagnosed wit... More...   $0 (02-22-2002 - OK)

Theresa Spangler, who suffers from depression, brought this action against the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines ("the Bank") alleging the Bank's termination of her employment violated her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA") and the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). Spangler now appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Bank on ... More...   $0 (01-30-2002 - IA)

Rebecca Lewis filed a pro se complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc., discriminated against her on the basis of her race, disability, and sex and that she was terminated from her employment with Holsum in retaliation for filing a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") in violation of both the A... More...   $0 (01-28-2002 - IN)

In this case we consider an employer's and an employee's duties and obligations under the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. Millicent Bailey appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on her claims for interference with her rights under the FMLA, and for retaliatory discharge under Nevada law. Bai-ley contends that her employer, Southwest Gas ... More...   $0 (01-17-2002 - NV)

Claiming to be disabled from performing her automobile assembly line job by carpal tunnel syndrome and related impairments, respondent sued petitioner, her former employer, for failing to provide her with a reasonable accommodation as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U. S. C. §12112(b)(5)(A). The District Court granted petitioner summary judgment, holding that ... More...   $0 (01-08-2002 - KY)

This appeal addresses the responsibility of an employer toward an employee who has taken leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). Kathy Hunt appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing her claims that her former employer, the Rapides Healthcare System, L.L.C. d/b/a Winn Parish Medical Center ("Medical Center"), violated her FMLA rights and retaliated against her... More...   $0 (12-26-2001 - LA)

Mr. Packard began working as a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines in 1976. In 1986... More...   $0 (12-20-2001 - UT)

In November 1986, Amax Potash Corporation (Amax Potash), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amax, Inc. (Amax), began operating a potash mine near the city of Carlsbad,... More...   $0 (12-12-2001 - NM)

William Hibbs brought suit in district court against the Nevada Department of Human Resources, its director, Charlotte Crawford, and Hibbs' supervisor, Nikki Firpo (collec-tively "Defendants"), for violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( "FMLA"), 29 U.S.C.§§ 2601- 2654, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as various state-law claims. He timely appeals ... More...   $0 (12-11-2001 - CA)

After receiving twelve informal and four formal warnings for deficient attendance, Linda Collins was fired when she called in sick for two days in March 1998. That was all she said: that she was "sick." Her employer deemed this inadequate in light of Collins's spotty attendance record. But in this litigation under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.sec. 2601-54, which entitl... More...   $0 (12-05-2001 - IL)

Because plaintiff does not challenge the district court's recitation of the facts, we summarize these from the district court's order granting summary judgment. Aplt. App., Vol. I at 3. Plaintiff was initially employed by defendant in 1994 starting as a programmer analyst. In March of 1996, she moved to the Human Resource Management Information Services group as a Human Resource Systems Analyst/Co... More...   $0 (11-28-2001 - OK)

Michael Skrjanc brought this suit against his former employer, Great Lakes Power Service Company (Great Lakes Service), alleging that his employment was terminated in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, and Ohio public policy. Following the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Great Lakes Service, Skrjanc filed this appeal. For the reasons se... More...   $0 (11-14-2001 - OH)

Following his termination, Plaintiff filed this action against Defendant alleging violations of (1) the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, and (2) the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. The district court granted summary judgment for Defendant on Plaintiff's ADA claim, and dismissed Plaintiff's FMLA claim for failure to state a cause of actio... More...   $0 (10-10-2001 - OK)

This case requires us to decide whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's suit on sovereign immunity grounds. We affirm the dismissal, but for reasons different from the district court. I. Plaintiff Sheila Montgomery worked as an administrative aide to the Warden of Maryland's Eastern Correctional Institute (ECI). In September 1999, Montgomery took extended leave under th... More...   $0 (09-26-2001 - MD)

Plaintiff alleged that he was employed by Nordam Group, Inc. in Tulsa in 1999 when he went to the hospital with what was diagnosed as pneumonia. Plaintiff alleged that he was admitted to he hospital on August 8, 199, and discharged on August 12, 1999. Plaintiff was scheduled to work the week of August 9 - 13, 199, but did not report to work. Plaintiff returned to work on August 16, 1999, but wa... More...   $25691 (08-29-2001 - OK)

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Appellant Rosalie Gunnell ("Gunnell") filed suit against her former employer, Utah Valley State College ("UVSC"), claiming that she was subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and that she was denied a medical leave of absence in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"). The district court granted summary judgme... More...   $0 (08-19-2001 - UT)

After plaintiff-appellee, Retta Cornforth, was terminated from her position as a medical staff secretary at the University of Oklahoma, she sued both the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (the "University") and her supervisor, Bill Barringer, alleging, inter alia, violations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Family and Medical Leav... More...   $0 (08-16-2001 - OK)

In 1999, plaintiff, Vickie R. Medley, had, for two years, been an at-will employee of defendant Polk Company in Denver, Colorado as an assistant to Sheri Paul. When she came to work on the morning of October 2, 1997, there was a phone message from her mother in Nebraska that her father had had a heart attack. Medley informed Paul and said that she was immediately leaving the office to drive to Neb... More...   $0 (08-10-2001 - CO)

Penny Bachelder1 claims that her employer, America West Airlines, violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA" or "the Act") when it terminated her in 1996 for poor attendance. The district court granted partial summary judgment to America West, holding that Bachelder was not entitled to the Act's protection for her 1996 absences. Bachelder also appeals from the district court's... More...   $0 (08-08-2001 - AZ)

Penny Bachelder1 claims that her employer, America West Airlines, violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA" or "the Act") when it terminated her in 1996 for poor attendance. The district court granted partial summary judgment to America West, holding that Bachelder was not entitled to the Act's protection for her 1996 absences. Bachelder also appeals from the district court's... More...   $0 (08-08-2001 - AZ)

This case requires us to address the scope of congressional power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to abrogate the immunity of the states from suit in federal court which the states would otherwise enjoy under the Eleventh Amendment and Supreme Court precedent. At issue is whether the creation of a private cause of action against a state for money damages under the personal medical leav... More...   $0 (08-07-2001 - NH)

Plaintiff- appellant Amy Kohls claims that her employer, Beverly Enterprises Wisconsin, Inc. d/b/a Maple Manor Healthcare ("Beverly"), failed to reinstate her at the conclusion of her maternity leave in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA")./1 We find that Kohls has not proven that Beverly violated her rights under the FMLA and thus we affirm the district court's grant o... More...   $0 (08-01-2001 - WI)