Peter J. Kauffman v. Federal Express Corporation

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• holding that eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks unpaid leave per year for serious health conditions rendering them unable to perform their job
• observing that the retaliation theory applies where a company seeks to punish an employee ‘for exercising rights or opposing an unlawful procedure’
• holding physician’s certification and addendum were sufficient to certify that employee had serious health condition requiring him to miss more than three days of work and vacating district court’s grant of summary judgment to employer
• rejecting argument that certification was negative where physician omitted the incapacity’s expected duration
• “We have construed [§ 2615(a)(2) and (b)] to create a cause of ac- tion for retaliation.”
• “We have construed [§ 2615(a)(2) and (b)] to create a cause of action for retaliation.”

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