United States Ninth Circuit

In a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) action based on an allegedly wrongful termination, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part where, under the FMLA, front pay is an equitable remedy to be determined by the court. However, the judgment is reversed in part where the district court erred in denying liquidated damages without making specific findings as to the employer's good faith conduct and reasonable belief that it was not violating the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2010
• Published 02/26/2010

Judges

• Before MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, M. MARGARET McKEOWN and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Snyder, Law Offices of Daniel Snyder, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Angela Sowle, County Attorney, and Jenny Morf, Assistant County Attorney, for defendant-appellee.