Legal Opinion
Rhonda S. Kunferman v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1997No. 96-2392PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Rhonda Kunferman sued Ford Motor Company for retaliatory discharge, alleging violations of Minnesota law. The district court1 granted Ford’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In early 1991, Kunferman, a Ford employee, began experiencing numbness and tingling in her arms and hands. Ford’s plant physician could find no objective signs of a repetitive stress injury, but he restricted Kunferman’s work assignments pending further diagnosis. Kunferman consulted a general practitioner who ordered electromyography (EMG) testing,2 which revealed no abnormalities.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Salve Regina College v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hubbard v. United Press International, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Ronald S. Wilson v. International Business MacHines CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Graham v. Special School District No. 1Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Ciszewski v. Engineered Polymers Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2001
- Schmitz v. United States Steel Corp.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2013
- Charles S. Chadwell v. Koch Refining Company, LpCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Tomlinson v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2013
- Ring v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2003
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