Charles S. Sorrell, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Rinker Materials Corporation, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant

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• holding that an employer cannot assert problems with a medical certification as grounds for denying FMLA leave if the employer has never notified the employee of .the problem
• remanding for the district court to consider whether an employer is estopped from denying its employee’s eligibility
• remanding for considering in the first instance whether a legal duty under 29 C.F.R. § 825.305(d) was triggered
• leaving it to the district court on remand to determine whether the doctrine of equitable estoppel precluded an employer from challenging its employee’s entitlement to FMLA-protected leave

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