COLLINS v. NTN-BOWER CORP.

No. 01-1930.

272 F.3d 1006 (2001)

Linda S. COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NTN-BOWER CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Alcorn (submitted), Stoerzbach Morrison Robertson Wilcox Alcorn, Galesburg, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Roy G. Davis, Davis & Campbell, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

After receiving twelve informal and four formal warnings for deficient attendance, Linda Collins was fired when she called in sick for two days in March 1998. That was all she said: that she was "sick." Her employer deemed this inadequate in light of Collins's spotty attendance record. But in this litigation under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-54, which entitles employees to as much as 12 weeks' unpaid leave...

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