Legal Opinion
Goelzer v. Sheboygan County, Wis.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 12, 2010No. 09-2283PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
After two decades of employment with her county government, Dorothy Goelzer was fired from her job. Her supervisor informed her of the termination decision two weeks before she was scheduled to begin two months of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This leave did not mark the first time Goelzer was away from work on FMLA leave, as Goelzer had taken a significant amount of authorized FMLA leave during the four preceding years to deal with her own health issues and those of her mother and husband. After she lost her job, Goelzer brought this suit and…
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