Lindemann v. Mobil Oil Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Diane Lindemann charges that defendant Mobil Oil Corporation terminated her in retaliation for her prior use of short-term disability benefits (sick leave). Presently pending before the Court are cross-motions for summary judgment. Mobil argues that the reason Lindemann was fired was her many absences, not her use of benefits per se, and that absenteeism is a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for her termination. Lindemann agrees that she “was discharged solely due to absences,” Pl.’s Mem.Supp. of Second Mot.…