United States First Circuit

In order to establish a willful violation and thereby increase the limitations period of the Family and Medical Leave Act, a plaintiff must show that the employer either knew or showed reckless disregard for the matter of whether its conduct was prohibited by the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/31/2003
• Published 12/31/2003

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. McLeod, with whom Robert S. Messinger and Cutler McLeod PC were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Guy P. Tully, with whom Richard W. Paterniti and Jackson Lewis LLP were on brief, for appellee.