Federal Judge Denies TRO In FMLA Class Suit Against Railway Company

Mealey's (August 3, 2022, 2:54 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) conductors and engineers who accuse their employer in a putative class complaint of violating the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by miscalculating their leave entitlement and hours taken “demonstrated a fair chance of prevailing on the merits” on a portion of their allegations but failed to show that they will suffer irreparable harm without a temporary restraining order (TRO), a federal judge in Missouri ruled July 21, denying the workers’ TRO motion....