222298P.pdf   07/28/2023  Lakeitha Boston  v.  TrialCard, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2298
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Melloy, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff lacked any direct 
   evidence of discrimination based on disability, race, and sex, and her 
   discrimination claims are analyzed under the McDonnell Douglas framework; 
   under that analysis defendant offered a legitimate, non-discriminatory 
   basis for plaintiff's termination (violation of the company's 
   absence-reporting rules), which plaintiff failed to show was a pretext for 
   discrimination; with respect to plaintiff's FMLA claims, an employee may 
   be denied leave if they do not provide required medical certification, and 
   where plaintiff failed to provide the documentation she did not have a 
   viable claim for entitlement to FMLA leave; plaintiff also failed to 
   establish a causal connection between her exercise of the FMLA rights and 
   her discharge.