Legal Opinion
Penny Bachelder Mark Bachelder v. America West Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2001No. 99-17458PublishedCited by 306 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Penny Bachelder 1 claims that her employer, America West Airlines, violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA” or “the Act”) when it terminated her in 1996 for poor attendance. The district court granted partial summary judgment to America West, holding that Bachelder was not entitled to the Act’s protection for her 1996 absences. Bachelder also appeals from the district court’s subsequent finding, after a bench trial, that, in deciding to fire her, America West did not impermissibly consider FMLA-protected leave that she took in 1994 and 1995. This appeal…
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