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143786P.pdf 12/29/2015 Bonnie Hasenwinkel v. Mosaic
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3786
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Family Medical Leave Act. The district court did not err in
determining that plaintiff was not improperly denied FMLA leave as she had
exhausted her FMLA benefits; plaintiff was physically unable to return to
work at the end of her FMLA leave, and her termination did not violate the
Act; one-month suspension for violation of safety rules did not violate
the Act as plaintiff was given the backpay for he period and did not incur
any loss as a result of the suspension; actions such as snubbing by other
employees and adverse evaluations did not rise to the level of materially
adverse employment action; plaintiff's state law claim for wrongful
discharge failed as a matter of Iowa law.