Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 2, 2010No. 09-3539PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant in this suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. The appeal raises several issues, but only two warrant discussion; the others have no possible merit.
The defendant fired the plaintiff because she had received more than 8 “points” for absenteeism during a 12-month period — a firing offense under the defendant’s “no-fault attendance policy.” She would not have received so many points had she not taken two absences in July 2006. She contends that these absences were leaves to which…
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