Split 4th Circuit Reinstates Federal Government Worker’s FMLA Interference Claim

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 11:16 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A divided Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 19 reinstated only a federal workers’ Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference claim and not her other claims under the FMLA and Rehabilitation Act, holding that the worker presented a genuine issue of fact as to whether her disclosure of a depression diagnosis put her employer on notice that she could have qualified for FMLA protections (Hannah P. v. Daniel Coats, et al., No. 17-1943, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4781)....