Legal Opinion
Murphy v. FedEx National LTL, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2010No. 09-3473, 09-3518PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Susan Murphy sued her former employer, FedEx National LTL, Inc. (“FedEx”), claiming that FedEx violated the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., when it fired her after representing to her that it had granted her leave. The district court submitted Murphy’s FMLA claim to a jury on an estoppel theory, and the jury returned a verdict for Murphy. The district court then denied FedEx’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial based on erroneous jury instructions. FedEx appeals and Murphy cross appeals. We affirm in…
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