Legal Opinion
Brown v. Eastern Maine Medical Center
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 15, 2007No. Civil 06-60-P-HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.
When an employee is chronically late for work (usually by only a few minutes) and her employer fires her as a result, does the federal Family and Medical Leave Act protect these late arrivals as “intermittent leave” if a doctor concludes later that a medical condition was responsible for the chronic tardiness? I conclude that it does not. I therefore Grant summary judgment to the defendant employer.
Factual BaCkground
The significant facts are undisputed. 1
Eastern Maine Medical Center (“EMMC”) is a…
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