Legal Opinion
Woods v. Start Treatment & Recovery Centers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 19, 2017No. 16-1318-cvPublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
If a jury finds against Woods, but it was wrongly instructed on the law, can its verdict still stand? In this case, our answer is no.
Plaintiff-Appellant Cassandra Woods appeals a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Ann M. Donnelly, Judge) following a jury trial in which Woods lost on all of her claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Woods was fired from her job at START Treatment and Recovery Centers (“START”) in 2012. She says that she was terminated in retaliation for taking leave under the FMLA; START…
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