United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff's Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA) claim is affirmed where his cross-country trip to retrieve the family vehicle during his wife's late-stage pregnancy difficulties was not a protected absence from his employment under FMLA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2005
• Decided 07/12/2005
• Published 07/12/2005

Judges

• THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: HUG, THOMPSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter G. Cogan, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. James, Bellevue, WA, for the defendant-appellee.