Legal Opinion
Branham v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 2, 2010No. 09-6149PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Deborah Branham brought suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) after being terminated from her job as a receptionist for The Dickson Herald, a newspaper owned by Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. (“Gannett”), for excessive absenteeism. The district court granted summary judgment to Gan-nett. The court held that although Bran-ham produced a medical certification of her need for leave within the fifteen-day period afforded by Department of Labor regulations, Gannett was entitled to deny her leave based on an earlier…
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