Winifred Browning v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the first prong of the test was established by virtue of the plaintiff previously holding the position
• holding that ADA did not protect presumptively disabled employee while recovering from surgery but \ prior to the point in her recovery when she could once again perform the essential functions of her job\
• stating that employers are not expected to “predict the degree of success of an employee’s recovery from an illness or injury”
• explaining that an employee was not a qualified individ- ual because she could not work her full-time job at the time of his termination
• observing that an employer's duties are triggered under the FMLA when an employee provides information sufficient to put the employer on notice of the need for FMLA leave
• declining to address disability and discrimination elements because plaintiff “failed to establish that she was a qualified individual under the ADA at the time of her termination” in wrongful termination case

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