Legal Opinion
Righi v. SMC Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2011No. 09-1775PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Robert Righi was employed as a sales representative for SMC Corporation in the company’s Aurora, Illinois office. While at a mandatory training seminar in Indianapolis, he learned that his elderly mother was experiencing a medical emergency. He left the seminar and returned to Illinois to assess his mother’s situation. The next day, he e-mailed his supervisor to explain that he needed “the next couple days off’ to make arrangements for his mother’s care; he said in his e-mail that he had vacation time available or “could apply for the family care act, which I do not want…
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- Linda S. Collins v. Ntn-Bower CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Rebecca Lewis v. Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Jack M. Haefling v. United Parcel Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by41 opinions
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