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KINDS v. OHIO BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 12-4048.

724 F.3d 648 (2013)

Debra KINDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Mark P. Herron , Herron Law Offices, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Laura A. Lindner , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Amy Ryder Wentz , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: GILMAN, GRIFFIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Debra Kinds, a decade-long employee of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, sought leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, for nine weeks of work that she missed in late 2009. Ohio Bell denied Kinds's request for FMLA leave with respect to three of those weeks when she failed to timely provide medical justification for the leave, and it then fired her because of her documented...

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