TOWNSEND-TAYLOR v. AMERITECH SERVICES, INC.

No. 07-2166.

523 F.3d 815 (2008)

Diedre TOWNSEND-TAYLOR and Ronnie Taylor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERITECH SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Mihelich (argued), New Berlin, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Laura A. Lindner (argued), Lindner & Marsack, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, a married couple, sued their former employer, Ameritech, for violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. Both Taylors had a record of absenteeism, and as a result of the denial of their retroactive applications for family leave lost their jobs. The district court granted summary judgment for Ameritech.

Ameritech has delegated the processing of its employees' FMLA claims...

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