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TRACY RAGSDALE v. WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.

15 Fla. L. Weekly s151 (Jan. 7, 2002)

The employer granted Ragsdale a thirty week absence when cancer kept her out of work in 1996. Ragsdale nevertheless brought suit against her employer arguing that she was entitled to 12 more weeks of leave because her employer had not informed her that the 30 week absence would count against her FMLA entitlement.

The Court held 29 CFR section 825.700(a) (2001) was contrary to the Family Medical Leave Act, and beyond the Secretary of Labor

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