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State emotional-distress claim bolster family-leave suit.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 667 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: State emotional-distress claim bolster family-leave suit.(Illinois)

Article Excerpt
Plaintiffs suing their employers for violating the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may be able to enhance recoveries by including state claims for emotional-distress damages--a strategy that succeeded for an Illinois plaintiff last fall.

Chris Schultz was fired from his position at Advocate Health and Hospital Corp.'s Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois, after he failed to meet productivity standards while away on family leave. In addition to proving an FMLA violation, Schultz convinced the jury that his termination was the result of an ongoing pattern of harassment, and that the effects of the...

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