Staunch v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that because the evidence was clear that the plaintiff had not worked the 1,250 hours required to be an “eligible employee,” her FMLA claims failed as a matter of law
• explaining that an employee must be eligible for FMLA leave at the time of their leave request to state an FMLA claim
• stating that the FMLA “makes it unlawful for employers to . . . retaliate against employees who exercise” their FMLA rights
• concluding flight attendant asserting FMLA claim had not worked requisite hours “in the twelve months preceding her request for leave”
• explaining the fact that an employer gave a termination warning “is strong evidence that its final decision to terminate [plaintiff’s] employment” after another violation of company policy was not pretextual
• “As an initial matter, an FMLA claim cannot be maintained by a plaintiff who was not an ‘eligible employee’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).