FMLA retaliation claim proceeds based on single comment; employee with chronic back problem not regarded as disabled

Posted on September 19, 2011 by lawhukukinet

A nursing assistant's FMLA retaliation claim survived summary judgment based on a single comment that she was not really terminated for altering a doctor's note. Quinn v Mercy Fitzgerald Hosp, ___F.Supp. 2d (D. Pa. July 22, 2011). However, her ADA…

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