Legal Opinion
Summerville v. Esco Co. Ltd. Partnership
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided May 12, 1999No. 1:98-cv-00412PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
QUIST, District Judge.
Plaintiff, James P. Summerville (“Sum-merville”), has sued Defendant, ESCO Company Limited Partnership (“ESCO”), alleging that ESCO wrongfully discharged him from his employment with ESCO for taking an absence authorized by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 to 2654 (“FMLA”), and wrongfully retaliated against him for taking an absence authorized by FMLA. This matter is before the Court on ESCO’s Motion for Summary Judgment.
Facts
Summerville was hired by ESCO in 1977. Within a few months at ESCO, Summerville began running a kettle and…
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