Legal Opinion
Diane O'Neil v. Hilton Head Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1997No. 96-2460PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge DONALD S. RUSSELL and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge.
Diane O’Neil sued her former employer, Hilton Head Hospital, alleging that she had been discharged in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Citing an arbitration agreement signed by O’Neil, the hospital moved that the suit be stayed pending arbitration as required by section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 3. The district court denied this motion.
We reverse. The FAA embodies a strong…
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