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HARRISON v. CHILDREN'S NAT. MEDICAL CENTER

No. 93-CV-231.

678 A.2d 572 (1996)

Jacqueline P. HARRISON, Appellant, v. CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC, with whom Mark D. Laponsky and Jonathan R. Topazian, Baltimore, MD, were on the brief, for appellant.

Joseph R. Damato, Washington, DC, with whom Ronald A. Lindsay and Nelson D. Cary were on the brief, for appellee.

Woodley B. Osborne, Washington, DC, filed a brief for the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This appeal marks the first time that we have been called upon to interpret the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA" or "the Act"), D.C.Code §§ 36-1301 et seq. (1993). Appellee, Children's National Medical Center (hereafter "Children's Hospital" or "the hospital"), discharged appellant Harrison from her employment after she was absent from work for medical reasons for more than seventeen weeks. Ms. Harrison...

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