Duis v. Franciscan Alliance Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION TARYN N. DUIS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) CAUSE NO. 2:20-CV-78-PPS ) FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC., ) a/k/a FRANCISCAN CROWN POINT, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Taryn Duis is a registered nurse who was fired by her employer, Franciscan Alliance, Inc. She was pregnant at the time and now claims in this lawsuit that her pregnancy (and request for family leave) is the reason she was terminated. For its part, Franciscan says Duis had a lousy attitude and was overheard swearing and refusing to give a patient pain…