This is an appeal and cross-appeal in a wrongful discharge case arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA") (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) and the Tennessee Handicap Act ("THA") (Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-50-103). Plaintiff Heather Chandler ("Chandler" or "Plaintiff") appeals the district court's dismissal of her THA action on summary judgment. Defendant Specialty Tires of America (Ten

Gary Rinehimer appeals various adverse rulings of the District Court in his case against his former employer, Cemcolift, Inc., brought under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, 42 U.S.C. S 12101 et seq. (2001), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, 29 U.S.C. S 2601 et seq. (2001), and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA), 43 Pa. Cons. Stat. S 951 et s

Kevin Dvorak was employed by Mostardi Platt Associates, Inc. (Mostardi-Platt) from 1989 until the spring of 1997. Throughout those years, he suffered from arthritis. Dvorak's arthritic pains would come in flare-ups; there were periods during which he was able to function quite well, and other times when his mobility was significantly restricted. In 1997, during one of the flare-ups, Dvor

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

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

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-

Plaintiff Brenda Satterfield appeals from the district court's order dismissing her Title VII complaint against her former employer, Olsten Kimberly Quality Care. In a prior complaint, plaintiff claimed that defendant had terminated her employment in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The district court dismissed the FMLA action with prejudice upon motion of plaintiff. The court sub

Plaintiff Osband J. Holmes appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Boeing Company, which was his former employer. Plaintiff alleges that defendant violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (Supp. 1998), when it terminated his employment after he had taken medical leave. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Plaintiff Alfred L. Medina had been employed by defendant Coors Brewing Company for thirty-one years when Coors terminated his employment due to excessive absenteeism. Mr. Medina brought this action asserting, inter alia, that his severe depression caused his absences and that Coors' termination of his employment violated the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. The district court g

Lona Tomlinson, an at-will employee of respondent Qualcomm, Inc., received a family leave of absence from her employment as provided by California's Family Rights Act (Gov. Code, § 12945.2)1 (CFRA) and Qualcomm's personnel policies. During Tomlinson's family leave of absence, Qualcomm implemented a company-wide reduction in work force; Tomlinson was among the more than 300 employees whose emp

Susan Darby brought this action alleging that the defendants, the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and several individual employees,3 violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a), and the Missouri Human Rights Act, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 213.055 (2000). She also claimed that the defendan

The facts and procedural background of this case are familiar to the parties. We cannot accept Appellant's argument that he did not receive a proper opportunity to make a complete record in this case. We reject his contention that the Communications Workers of America breached its duty of fair representation to him regarding the security report. The District Court did not err when it upheld

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

Plaintiff Osband J. Holmes appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Boeing Company, which was his former employer. Plaintiff alleges that defendant violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (Supp. 1998), when it terminated his employment after he had taken medi

Kim Trujillo-Cummings appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant Public Service Company of New Mexico ("PNM") on her retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). We have jurisdiction pursuan

This is an action brought pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (Supp. 1998). Appellant Virginia Mardis contends that her employer, Central National Bank & Trust (Bank), interfered with her rights under the Act by conditioning her receipt of FMLA leave on her forfeiture of a

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

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. I

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

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

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

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 Ga

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