SPAKES v. BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 09-15086.

631 F.3d 1307 (2011)

Diane SPAKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen Maria Rodriguez , Palmetto Bay, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stanley Kiszkiel , Stanley Kiszkiel, P.A., Susan L. Dolin , Susan L. Dolin, P.A., Pembroke Pines, FL, for Spakes.

Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The Broward County Sheriff's Office ("BSO") appeals from a judgment following a jury trial in which the jury found that BSO interfered with its employee Diane Spakes's statutory right to request medical leave and fired her in retaliation for her protected leave request, in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1) and (a)(2) respectively.1 The district court

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