· 6/27/1997
Katherine L. Price v. City of Fort Wayne
Citations
- 117 F.3d 1022
- 3 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1729
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16100
- 1997 WL 353605
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the employee was only required to give notice of the need for FMLA leave
- relying on FMLA regulations to interpret the phrase \serious health condition\ with no explicit discussion of Chevron principles
- relying on FMLA regulations to interpret the phrase \serious health condition\ with no explicit discussion of Chevron principles
- relying on FMLA regulations to interpret the phrase \serious health condition\ with no explicit discussion of Chevron principles
- denying summary judgment on grounds of insufficient notice under FMLA where employee wrote “medical need” on leave request form and attached doctor’s note; employer was under duty to inquire as to further details of FMLA applicability
- “The FMLA does not require that an employee give notice of a desire to invoke the FMLA. Rather, it requires that the employee give notice of need for FMLA leave.”
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Judges: Posner, Cudahy, Rovner
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