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 Stephen S. Packard appeals from the district court's order dismissing, as time barred, this action brought pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. We agree with the district court that this action is barred by the statute of limitations and affirm.

I. Facts

Mr. Packard began working as a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines in 1976. In 19

Plaintiffs, a group of former mine workers, appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims for severance pay from defendant Cyprus Amax Minerals Company. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

I.

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

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 appea

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

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

Karen Horwitz began teaching full time at Avoca West Elementary School when the 1993 to 1994 school year began and continued to do so until she was terminated in April of 1999. Horwitz has raised numerous claims against the Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37 (the "Board"), Dr. John W. Sloan, Dr. Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballantyne. She is appealing a variety of dec

Appellant Woodland appeals from the trial court’s order granting appellees’ motion for summary judgment. On appeal, Mr. Woodland argues that summary judgment should not have been granted because there were genuine issues of material fact concerning (1) his claim of disability under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (“DCHRA”), D.C. Code §§ 1-2401 et seq. (1999)

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

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

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

Lori Denise Rhoads appeals from the judgment rendered against her on her claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. SS 2601-2654 ("FMLA"); the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. SS 12101-12117, 12203 ("ADA"); and Maryland state law. The district court granted summary judgment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), in its capac

Plaintiff-Appellant originally filed suit in state court, alleging that his termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"),(1) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"),(2) the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act ("TCHRA"),(3) and the Texas Workers' Compensation Act ("TWCA").(4) After the case was removed to federal district court, Dolese obtained a partial remand as to

Approximately three and a half months after Caterpillar fired Deborah Hardin, she filed suit against Caterpillar asserting claims under the Family Medical Leave Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of Title VII, and a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The latter claim was dismissed, and the remaining claims were tried to a jury in Mississippi. The jury returned a verdict for Hardin

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 a

The plaintiff, who worked as a teller for the defendant bank between April 1994 and February 1996, brought suit against the bank and related entities unnecessary to discuss charging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.sec. 2601 et seq., the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 2000e(k), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.sec. 206(a), 207(a), 2

. When Pearle Vision, Inc. ("Pearle") refused to restore Dr. Tina Thomas to the optometrist position in its Peoria, Illinois, store after a medical leave related to the birth of her child, she sued Pearle, alleging that Pearle had breached her employment contract. Thomas claimed that Pearle's 1997 Summary Plan Description of employee benefits incorporated into her contract the Family M

AT&T Corporation (AT&T) appeals orders of the district court finding it liable for violating Kimberly Miller's rights under the Fam- ily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, 29 U.S.C.A. SS 2601- 2654 (West 1999), and awarding back pay and attorneys' fees. With respect to liability, AT&T contends that it did not violate the FMLA because the illness for which Miller sought FMLA leave--an episo

Appellee Delores Nichols ("Nichols") brought this action against her former employer, appellant Ashland Hospital Corporation ("Ashland"), alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. S 2611 et seq ., and the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. S 344 et seq. Ashland appeals the district court's denial of its motion for a new trial on the FMLA claim, fo

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

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

Faced with the arduous demands of legislating for an increasingly complex society, Congress often leaves interstitial details to selected administrative agencies. Congress followed this praxis when it enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, delegating implementation to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary). See id. § 2654.

Responding to this directi

Rose Rankin appeals from the district court’s adverse entry of summary judgment on her claim under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (1994) (FMLA or the Act), and her common law claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress.

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FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to a total of 12 workweeks of leave per year under various circumstances, i

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

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