United States Seventh Circuit

In a retaliation action brought under the Family Medical Leave Act, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not introduce any evidence to suggest that her termination stemmed from any cause other than her refusal to sign the performance improvement plan; and 2) the adoption of the performance improvement plan did not constitute an adverse action that would have dissuaded a reasonable employee from exercising her rights under the FMLA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2008
• Decided 04/07/2009
• Published 04/07/2009

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, EVANS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Baker, Attorney (argued), Baker, Baker & Krajewski, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl Elitz, Attorney (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Fowler, Attorney, Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.