Legal Opinion
Rynders v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2011No. 10-3466PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Buddy Rynders sued Larry Williams for wrongful termination, in violation of Rynders’s rights under the First Amendment and the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Williams, and Rynders appeals. We reverse.
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On June 8, 2003, Rynders commenced working for the Garland County, Arkansas Road Department. Nearly three years later, on April 6, 2006, Rynders was involved in a workplace incident with three other Road Department employees. During the incident, Rynders purportedly came to the defense…
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