Freight Transporter Waives Response To Workers’ FMLA Interference Petition

(January 26, 2024, 1:51 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A rail-based freight transportation company waived its right to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court petition concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) filed by workers after the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment and dismissal ruling for the employer in a discrimination and retaliation case in which the workers alleged that they were wrongly found to have sought treatment for bogus or exaggerated injuries....