Legal Opinion

Rose M. Rankin v. Seagate Technologies, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 24, 2001No. 00-1248PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Rose Rankin appeals from the district court’s adverse entry of summary judgment on her claim under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (1994) (FMLA or the Act), and her common law claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress. We reverse and remand.

I

We recite the facts in the light most favorable to Rankin, the non-moving party below. Rankin, a senior administrator at Seagate Technologies, Inc., became ill while at work on September 29, 1997. On September 30, her condition worsened to the point that she was vomiting in a work bathroom. She…

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