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112354P.pdf 07/31/2012 Kathleen Marez v. Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-2354
and No: 11-2356
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Beam and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. Evidence was sufficient to
support the jury's verdict in favor of plaintiff on her claim of Family
Medical Leave Act discrimination, where she was terminated 48 hours
after notice of protected activity and her other evidence showed defendant
had not terminated other employees for the grounds given for her
termination; award of liquidated damages may be awarded in eligible
FMLA cases premised on "cat's-paw" liability; district court did not
abuse its discretion in reducing plaintiff's requested attorneys' fees based
on her limited success.