Legal Opinion
Blanche Paylor v. Hartford Fire Insurance Group
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 2014No. 13-12696PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Blanche Paylor appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment for her former employer, Hartford Fire Insurance Company (“Hartford”), on her claims of interference and retaliation under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq. (“FMLA”). Although Paylor signed a Severance Agreement with Hartford ostensibly waiving her FMLA claims, she argues that those claims were “prospective” and therefore not waivable under Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations. See 29 C.F.R. § 825.220(d) (2009). In the alternative, Paylor argues that her signing of…
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