Eighth Circuit· 8/31/2012

Pulczinski v. Trinity Structural Towers, Inc.

Citations

691 F.3d 996
26 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1293
19 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1017
2012 WL 3763625
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18494

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recognizing that ADA makes it unlawful to deny equal jobs or benefits to qualified employee because of known disability of individual with whom qualified employee is known to have relationship
finding that the plaintiff had presented insufficient evidence to show that proffered explanations for adverse actions were a pretext for FMLA discrimination
explaining that if an employer “honestly believed the nondiscriminatory reason [it] gave for the action, pretext does not exist” (citation omitted)
stating that a court must refuse to consider claims not alleged in the complaint
rejecting the Sixth Circuit’s modified version of the honest belief rule as inconsistent with the statute
reaffirming “honest belief rule” that an explanation that turns out to be wrong supports a finding of discrimination only if “the employer did not truly believe” it

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Judges: Benton, Colloton, Wollman

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