Legal Opinion
Bernhard v. Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 14, 2010No. Civil Action 08-4335PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Larry Bernhard was diagnosed with life-threatening neck and throat cancer in February 2006. He requested and received leave from his employer, Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley (“Brown”), to recover from surgery and undergo radiation treatments. Unable to return to full-time employment when his leave expired, he requested an additional leave of approximately three months. Brown fired Mr. Bernhard a few days after the additional three months’ leave, allegedly to ensure consistency in the application of its leave policy.
Mr. Bernhard…
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