Madden v. Spaulding

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• confirming that Lichtenstein established that the McDonnell Douglas framework is utilized to evaluate FMLA-retaliation claims in the Third Circuit
• holding employee met burden of showing his employer’s reason for searching his cell phone was pretextual where other coworkers “could not provide any legitimate basis” for the action
• setting out the elements of a prima facie case of retaliation under the burden-shifting framework of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• setting out the elements of a prima facie case of retaliation under the burden-shifting framework of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973)
• applying same standard for a prima facie case of retaliation under the FMLA and the ADA
• setting forth the same standard for establishing pretext in ADA and FMLA retaliation claims

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