Alfredo Diaz v. Fort Wayne Foundry Corporation

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• comparing the use of pretext in the FMLA context with the use of pretext in the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting scheme
• distinguishing the FMLA from employment discrimination statutes and likening it to other statutes, such as the FLSA, which “set substantive floors”
• “Applying rules designed for anti-discrimination laws to statutes creating substantive entitlements is apt to confuse, even if the adaptation is cleverly done.”
• distinguishing the FMLA from employment discrimination statutes and likening it to other statutes, such as the FLSA, which \set substantive floors\
• comparing the use of pretext in the FMLA context with the use of pretext in the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting scheme
• where employer requested second opinion when employee’s two treating physicians provided conflicting information about whether employee had serious health condition

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