Legal Opinion
Gable v. Mack Trucks, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 30, 2015No. 13 C 5349Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ELAINE E. BUCKLO, United States District Judge
Frances Gable (“Gable”) alleges that her former employer and supervisors ( “Defendants”) fired her in August 2011 because she took two weeks of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.
Defendants have moved for summary judgment on the ground that they fired Gable for a non-discriminatory reason: she incurred more than four strikes under the company’s attendance policy — the threshold for termination — before she even took FMLA leave. I deny Defendants’ motion for the reasons stated…
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