Trump Judge Writes Majority Opinion Affirming Nullification of Jury Verdict...CJCF

Trump Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson penned a majority opinion affirming a lower court’s nullification of a jury verdict against a corporation for firing an employee who took sick  leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The jury found that the employer had retaliated against the plaintiff for taking leave because of her multiple sclerosis (MS), a degenerative disease damaging the brain’s ability to communicate with the rest of the body, and awarded her $50,000. The July 2020 ruling was Fry v. Rand Construction Corp.

Read more here.