NICHOLSON v. PULTE HOMES CORP.

No. 11-2238.

690 F.3d 819 (2012)

Donna NICHOLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PULTE HOMES CORPORATION and Chris Naatz, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alejandro Caffarelli (argued), Attorney, Caffarelli & Siegel Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher G. Ward (argued), Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Donna Nicholson was a sales associate for Pulte Homes Corporation, a national homebuilder. When she failed to make her sales quotas for several months in a row, Pulte put her on a performance-improvement plan and later fired her when her sales did not improve. Nicholson claimed that her termination was related to her need to care for her ailing parents. She sued Pulte under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA" or "the Act"), 29 U.S.C. §...

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