United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit for wrongful termination for use of Plaintiff's FMLA rights, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed in part, where Plaintiff did not need to specifically cite the FMLA to Defendant-Employer to invoke his rights under it, but vacated in part, where the District Court erred by failing to grant Plaintiff's request for prejudgment interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2009
• Published 03/04/2009

Judges

• Before MOTZ and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and JAMES C. CACHERIS, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Thomas A. Farr, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. William Parker Barrett, Williams Mullen, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.   ON BRIEF:  James H. Stewart, III, Phillip J. Strach, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.  Joshua M. Krasner, Jonathan R. Bumgarner, Brian C. Vick, Williams Mullen, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.