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THOMAS v. PEARLE VISION, INC.

No. 00-3681.

251 F.3d 1132 (2001)

Tina R. THOMAS, O.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEARLE VISION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Slevin (argued), Vonachen, Lawless, Trager & Slevin, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter R. Bulmer (argued), Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before COFFEY, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

When Pearle Vision, Inc. ("Pearle") refused to restore Dr. Tina Thomas to the optometrist position in its Peoria, Illinois, store after a medical leave related to the birth of her child, she sued Pearle, alleging that Pearle had breached her employment contract. Thomas claimed that Pearle's 1997 Summary Plan Description of employee benefits incorporated into her contract the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq...

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