RUSSELL v. NORTH BROWARD HOSP.

No. 02-13343.

346 F.3d 1335 (2003)

Margaret RUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome A. Pivnik, Pivnik & Nitsche, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Linda Spaulding White, Conrad, Scherer, White, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and CONWAY, District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This is Margaret Russell's appeal from a judgment in favor of the North Broward Hospital District, her former employer, in the lawsuit she brought against it. The Hospital terminated Russell's employment because it concluded that she had been absent from work too much. Russell does not deny being away from work when the Hospital says she was, but she contends that her absences were for medical reasons and were protected under the Family and...

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