Court Deems Company Successor Under FMLA For Taking Over Government Contract Previously Held by Competitor
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment on an employee’s claim of retaliation under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In a memorandum opinion issued last month in the matter of Osei v. Coastal International Security, Inc. (No. 1:13-cv-01204), Judge Liam O’Grady ruled that the plaintiff, Naomi Osei, was an “eligible employee” under the FMLA, and that there were “sufficient facts in dispute to…