Rebecca Boutwell v. Federal-Mogul Corporation

Rebecca Boutwell brought claims for retaliatory discharge under Alabama Code § 12-16-8.1 against her former employers, Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc. (“Federal-Mogul”) and Kelly Services, Inc. (“Kelly Services”), asserting that she was wrongfully discharged solely because she served on a jury. The district court, finding that Boutwell had not shown that Federal-Mogul’s legitimate reason for the discharge — that she failed to call in to report her absences as required — -was pretextual or that Kelly Services had terminated Boutwell’s employment, granted summary judgment in favor of…