Split 4th Circuit Upholds Judgment For Employer After Jury Ruled For Employee

Mealey's (July 9, 2020, 8:51 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court did not err when it granted an employer’s motion for judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict for an employee in a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case as the employee failed to sufficiently show that her firing was pretext for retaliation, a split Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 1 (Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation, No. 18-2083, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 20584)....