Legal Opinion
Pagán-Colón v. Walgreens of San Patricio, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 4, 2012No. 11-1089, 11-1091PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from the termination of the plaintiff-appellee, Juan Pagán-Colón, from his job as an assistant manager at a Walgreens store in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. Although the parties disagree as to the reason for Pagán’s termination, there is no dispute that he was fired after a two-week absence from his job due to a medical condition that required one week of hospitalization and another week of recuperation. Following Pagán’s termination, he and his wife, Ada Renta-Bonilla, brought claims in federal district court against Walgreens alleging that he was fired in…
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