Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hope School
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2009No. 08-2176PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Tanum Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in her suit against her former employer, The Hope School, for denying her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Smith claims that the district court improperly held that her application for leave was fraudulent because she altered a health care provider’s certification form, arguing that the alteration is irrelevant because Smith was entitled to medical leave based on the authentic, unchanged information. She thus maintains that there is sufficient evidence to reach the jury on her…
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