Split 8th Circuit Reinstates Manager’s Claims From Firing After Diabetic Episode

(July 2, 2024, 12:20 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A fast food restaurant manager may proceed with her disability bias and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) lawsuit, a split Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 1, opining in part that a jury may conclude that the manager’s diabetic episode that caused her to miss work for two days without notice “was not independent from her firing” that followed....