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Employer-Employee: FMLA Interference-Discrimination-Wrongful Termination
Staff Report//July 30, 2026//
Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, his former employer. Plaintiff sued defendant after its terminated his employment while he was on FMLA leave, alleging unlawful discrimination and FMLA interference.
Where defendant provided a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for terminating plaintiff as part of a reduction-in-workforce in which a more senior employee was retained instead of plaintiff, plaintiff’s claims failed where he could not show that defendant’s proffered explanation was a pretext for discrimination.
Judgment is affirmed.
Knight v. Cambria Company, LLC (MLW No. 85176/Case No. 25-3464 –16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Brasel, J. (Leslie Lyn Lienemann, St. Paul, MN for appellant) (Zachary Aaron Alter, Minneapolis, MN for appellee; Sara G. McGrane, Minneapolis, MN on the brief)
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