Mealey's (March 6, 2019, 1:32 PM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal judge on March 5 signed off on a $140,000 settlement by Stanley Black & Decker Inc. to end claims that it fired an employee who needed leave for medical treatment (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., No. 18-2525, D. Md.)....