GARRETT v. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Nos. 05-10833, 05-11110.

507 F.3d 1306 (2007)

Patricia GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Mattison, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Garrett.

Lisa Huggins, Office of Counsel/Univ. AL System, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and COX, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.


GEORGE, District Judge:

In 1994, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (the University) employed Patricia Garrett as the Director of Nursing, OB/Gyn/Neonatal Services at a hospital that it operated. At the end of August of that year, Garrett was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the following months, she underwent two surgeries, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy.

Three weeks after her surgeries in September, Garrett returned to work full-time. In late...

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