11 Cited authorities

  1. Clark Cty. Sch. Dist. v. Breeden

    532 U.S. 268 (2001)   Cited 5,470 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the temporal proximity requirement to establish a prima facie case "between an employer's knowledge of protected activity and an adverse employment action as sufficient evidence" must be "very close"
  2. Pedreira v. Kentucky Baptist Homes

    579 F.3d 722 (6th Cir. 2009)   Cited 121 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the McDonnell Douglas prima facie case is not a pleading requirement and that “the ordinary rules for assessing the sufficiency of a complaint apply”
  3. Harris v. Burger King Corp.

    993 F. Supp. 2d 677 (W.D. Ky. 2014)   Cited 32 times
    Holding that employer had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for difference in employees' hours when “this other employee requested the additional hours”
  4. Van Winkle v. HM Insurance Group, Inc.

    72 F. Supp. 3d 723 (E.D. Ky. 2014)   Cited 9 times
    Rejecting comparators where they differed in levels of job underperformance
  5. Pitrolo v. Cty. of Buncombe

    No. 07-2145 (4th Cir. Mar. 11, 2009)   Cited 9 times

    No. 07-2145. Argued: January 29, 2009. Decided: March 11, 2009. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg, District Judge. (1:06-cv-00199). Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by unpublished opinion. Judge Shedd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Traxler joined. ARGUED: Michael Geoffrey Wimer, WIMER JOBE, Asheville, North Carolina, for

  6. Bullard v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    No. 09-4024-SAC (D. Kan. Sep. 14, 2011)   Cited 4 times

    No. 09-4024-SAC. September 14, 2011 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SAM CROW, Senior District Judge The case comes before the court on the defendant Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's ("Goodyear's") motion for summary judgment. (Dk. 68). The plaintiff Dena Bullard ("Bullard") brings this employment discrimination case alleging Goodyear unlawfully terminated her in retaliation for protected opposition to discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.,

  7. Lineberry v. Richards

    Case No. 11-13752 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 5, 2013)   Cited 2 times
    Granting summary judgment to employer where investigation revealed that employee on FMLA leave for leg and back pain lied about need for wheelchair while taking preplanned vacation to Mexico and employer reasonably relied on other particularized facts, such as Facebook posts of employee riding in motorboat
  8. Copeland v. Mid-Michigan Reg'l Med. Ctr.

    Case Number: 11-10633 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 16, 2012)   Cited 2 times
    In Copeland v. Mid-Michigan Reg'l Med. Ctr., 2012 WL 511534 (E.D. Mich. 2012), the awareness of the disability was a conceded fact of the case.
  9. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 71,368 times   127 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
  10. Section 344.040 - Unlawful discrimination by employers - Difference in health plan contribution rates for smokers and nonsmokers and benefits for smoking cessation program participants excepted

    Ky. Rev. Stat. § 344.040   Cited 568 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting discrimination against individuals over the age of forty
  11. Section 825.112 - Qualifying reasons for leave, general rule

    29 C.F.R. § 825.112   Cited 87 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Providing that serious health conditions are a qualifying reason for FMLA leave