A manager for a state agency who was terminated after taking a fishing vacation to Mexico while on FMLA leave was entitled to a jury’s nearly $1.3 million damage award, ruled the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Moreover, the state high court found that the trial court did not err in giving its jury instructions, finding it properly instructed the jury concerning causation. The state agency did not suffer prejudice from the court’s instruction concerning the location or manner of the employee’s leave, and the agency was not entitled to a jury instruction absolving it from liability for an "honest belief" in its decision.
展开▼
