United States Eleventh Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, in claim against defendant county for FMLA violation, is affirmed over claims that: 1) plaintiff failed to notify defendant that his July 13, 1998 absence was due to a potentially FMLA-qualifying reason; 2) defendant's request for certification on July 13, 1998 was sufficient under the FMLA; and 3) the district court erred in awarding plainitff liquidated damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2006
• Published 08/07/2006

Judges

• MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Russell Gordon Burnett, Atlanta, GA, for Cooper.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sudevi Navalkar Gbosh, Rolesia Butler Dancy, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.