Miller v. State of Nebraska Department of Economic Development

David E. Miller worked for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (“NDED”) from 1986 until his discharge in June 2007. Miller’s father, Richard, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005 and with stage IV terminal lung cancer in 2006. Miller regularly obtained leave from work to attend Richard’s medical appointments throughout 2005 and 2006. On April 5, 2007, Dr. Douglas Fiedler, Richard’s pulmonologist, predicted that Richard had a sixty- to ninety-day life expectancy and recommended that the family look into hospice care. Soon thereafter, Miller and Richard began to disagree on…