CHAFFIN v. JOHN H. CARTER CO., INC.

No. 98-30155.

179 F.3d 316 (1999)

Chris CHAFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN H. CARTER CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Marie Richard-Spencer, Robein, Urann & Lurye, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

H. Mark Adams, Mary Ellen Jordan, Jennifer Lynn Anderson, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrier & Denegre, New Orleans, La, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and POLITZ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Chris Chaffin appeals a summary judgment in favor of her former employer, defendant John H. Carter Co., Inc. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Chaffin worked as a programmer in Carter's data processing department. On March 21, 1996, she advised the manager of her department, Henry A. Merritt, that she needed "a few days off." She left work the following day, consulted her internist who prescribed Prozac, recommended...

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