Beal v. Rubbermaid Commercial Products Inc.

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• concluding that the plaintiffs back injury did “not appear to meet the requisite incapacity for protection under the FMLA”
• holding that plaintiffs back injury, which allowed her to resume her normal activities with “minimal restrictions,” did not result in “requisite incapacity for protection under the FMLA”
• concluding that an employer was not required under the FMLA to give its employee leave after her son's death because FMLA leave was not meant to be used for bereavement
• holding that an employee’s episode of bronchitis was not a serious health condition triggering protection under the FMLA
• concluding that an employer was not required under the FMLA to give its employee leave after her son’s death because FMLA leave was not meant to be used for bereavement
• holding that employee need not expressly assert FMLA rights or even mention FMLA, but is obligated to state leave is needed as it is unreasonable to expect employer to offer leave when no request has been made

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).