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081498P.pdf   02/12/2009  Michael Reed  v.  Lear Corporation
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1498
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Bye and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Family and Medical Leave Act. Plaintiff failed to show he
   reasonably relied on employer's statements concerning his request for
   FMLA leave, and the employer was not estopped from contesting his
   right to assert an FMLA claim or from terminating him for excessive
   absences; district court did not err in finding the claim was time-barred by
   FMLA's two-year statute of limitations; plaintiff was not eligible for
   relief under Department of Labor regulations implementing FMLA
   because he never completed the necessary form stating he was unable to
   work because of a qualifying health condition.