Legal Opinion
Dobrowski v. Jay Dee Contractors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2009No. 08-1806PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
Daniel Dobrowski appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) action. He argues that notwithstanding his admitted ineligibility for the Act’s protections, defendant Jay Dee Contractor should be estopped from now denying his eligibility because defendant represented, prior to his taking leave, that he was eligible. Although we disagree in part with the district court’s reasoning, we agree with its resolution: equitable estoppel should not bar Jay Dee from raising non-eligibility as a defense to Dobrowski’s FMLA…
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