Legal Opinion · Dissent

DeLong v. Trujillo

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided May 30, 2000No. 97CA1652Published

1Dissent

Judge CASEBOLT

dissenting.

Because the Career Service Board hearing officer applied erroneous legal standards in rendering her decision, and the termination of defendant's employment is sustainable regardless of plaintiff's violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act, I respectfully dissent.

Defendant was absent from his employment as a heavy equipment mechanic for the City & County of Denver Department of Aviation (department) between the end of November 1998 and March 5, 1994, to care for his mother. The department authorized leave for that period under the auspices of the Family and Medical…

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