Geter v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 4148

Syllabus

FMLA Disability Discrimination, 4112.02- Plaintiff, a former corrections officer for defendant, brought claims after defendant terminated him for performance and attendance issues. The court found defendant established legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for plaintiff's termination and that defendant's reasons for plaintiff's termination were not pretextual. The court further found that defendant did not deny or interfere with plaintiff's FMLA benefits and that plaintiff could not establish a causal connection between the exercise of his FMLA rights and his termination. The court granted defendant summary judgment on all of plaintiff's claims.