Indiana FMLA Law

Maria Guevara v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

South Bend, Indiana employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> The FMLA provides eligible employees of covered employers with job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same conditions as if they had not taken leave.... More...

$0 (10-07-2023 - IN)
Ervin Shrock v. Drug Plastic and Glass Company, Inc.

Indianapolis, Indiana employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights job discrimination theory.<br> <br> <br> The Plaintiff Ervin Shrock filed an Amended Complaint [ECF No. 5] against the Defendant Drug Plastics and Glass Company, Inc., bringing claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The Defendant now... More...

$0 (06-02-2022 - IN)
Brenda Lear Scheidler v. State of Indiana, et al.

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/indianapolis.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Brenda Lear Scheidler worked for<br> the Indiana Department of Insurance (“IDOI”). She sought<br> accommodations for disabilities related to her mental health.<br> She asked, among other things, that her coworkers not startle<br> her. She received these accommodations for ... More...

$0 (01-27-2019 - IN)
Nora Chaib v. State of Indiana

Appellant, Nora Chaib, sued her former employer, the State of Indiana, alleging employment discrimination and retaliation. In particular, Chaib, who is a<br><br>2 No. 13-1680<br><br>female United States citizen of French national origin, alleges that, while working as a corrections officer for the Indiana Department of Correction ("IDOC”), she was subjected to discrimination and a hostile wo... More...

$0 (02-24-2014 - IN)
Burce Barton v. Zimmer, Inc.

Bruce Barton was employed in the sales-training department at Zimmer, Inc., an Indianabased manufacturer of orthopedic devices. In May 2004 Zimmer assigned Andy Richardson to supervise the department. During the course of the next year, Richardson removed many of Barton's primary job duties because he thought Barton, age 57, was too old. Barton lodged an age-discrimination complaint with Richard A... More...

$0 (10-18-2011 - IN)
Autumn Eaton v. Indiana Department of Corrections

Autumn Eaton sued her employer, the Indiana Department of Corrections, Pendleton Juvenile Corrections Facility ("DOC”), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, alleging that DOC discriminated against her on the basis of gender when it terminated her employment.<br><br>The district court granted summary judgment in favor of DOC, and Eaton's appeal followed. On... More...

$0 (09-09-2011 - IN)
Victoria Serednyj v. Beverly Healthcare, LLC

Beverly Healthcare, LLC ("Beverly”), employed Victoria Serednyj as an Activity Director in Beverly's Golden Living nursing home in Valparaiso, Indiana, from August 2006 to March 2007. In early January 2007, Serednyj learned she was pregnant, and, at the end of February 2007, she began to experience pregnancy-related complications. Her doctor placed her on bed rest for two weeks, and, at the ... More...

$0 (08-26-2011 - IN)
Aaron Smeigh v. Johns Manville, Inc.

Aaron Smeigh brings this diversity suit against his former employer, Johns Manville (JM), for retaliatory discharge and civil conversion under Indiana law. He alleges that JM wrongfully terminated his employment for filing a workers' compensation claim and unlawfully retained his personal property after his termination.<br><br>JM moved for summary judgment on Smeigh's claims and the district court... More...

$0 (06-30-2011 - IN)
Maetta Vance v. Ball State University

Maetta Vance was the only African- American working in her department at Ball State University ("Ball State”) when racially charged discord erupted. In 2005, Vance began filing complaints with Ball State about her coworkers' offensive conduct, which included the use of racial epithets, references to the Ku Klux Klan, veiled threats of physical harm, and other unpleasantries. In 2006 she file... More...

$0 (06-03-2011 - IN)
Letecia D. Brown v. Automotive Components Holdings, L.L.C. and Ford Motor Company

Letecia Brown, an assembly-line worker at a Ford Motor Company plant in Indianapolis, was terminated for being absent from work without properly following Ford's leave policies and procedures. She filed suit for sex discrimination and retaliatory termination under Title VII and interference with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. The d... More...

$0 (09-08-2010 - IN)
Angela N. LaFary v. Rogers Group, Inc.

Angela LaFary liked her job as a field clerk at the Martinsville, Indiana, office of Rogers Group, Inc. ("RGI”), a company in the business of producing crushed stone for road construction and similar uses. Shortly after she became pregnant, however, RGI transferred her to Bloomington, eventually letting her go after she had taken more than six months of leave necessitated by complications wi... More...

$0 (01-12-2010 - IN)
In Re The Marriage of Mahmoud M. Basileh v. Arwa G. Alghusain

After the Indiana trial court granted the motion of Arwa Alghusain ("Mother”) to transfer jurisdiction over her children's child support matters to her home county of Monterey County, California, Mahmoud M. Basileh ("Father”), the children's father, appeals. Pursuant to the jurisdiction provision of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ("UIFSA”), continuing, exclusive jurisd... More...

$0 (07-29-2008 - IN)
Steven Peters v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Steven Peters suffered a shoulder injury while he was employed by Gilead Sciences, Inc. He took a relatively short medical leave to have corrective surgery, and when his condition did not improve after returning to work, he took another leave. During his second absence, Gilead filled his position with another employee, and when Peters returned to work, Gilead offered him a different position. He d... More...

$0 (07-17-2008 - IN)
<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=06-3637_011.pdf" target="_new">Susan D. Hendicks v. Compass Group, USA, Inc.</a>

<P>Susan Hendricks filed a complaint against her former employer, Compass Group, USA, Inc. ("Compass Group"), seeking wages to which she claimed entitlement under the Family Medical Leave Act and a collective bargaining agreement. The district court granted Compass Group summary judgment. Hendricks appeals, and we affirm. <P> I <P> Compass Group employed Hendricks as a utility driver fo... More...

$0 (08-08-2007 - IN)
<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/SE0EO5UW.pdf" target="_new">Harold Crough v. Whirlpool Corporation</a>

<P>Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) terminated Harold Crouch after determining that he falsely applied for a leave of absence. Crouch sued Whirlpool for various violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The district court granted summary judgment for Whirlpool, finding in relevant part that its honest suspicion of Crouch's mi... More...

$0 (04-26-2006 - IN)
<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-1723" target="_new">Rebecca Lewis v. Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc.</a>

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)