Nansamba v. North Shore Med. Ctr., Inc., No. 13-1266 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed a lawsuit against Defendant, her former employer, alleging that Defendant fired her in retaliation for her hemorrhoids-induced absences in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The district court granted summary judgment for Defendant, finding that Plaintiff failed to show she suffered a "serious health condition" as defined by the FMLA. Plaintiff moved for reconsideration, alleging that her medical records constituted newly discovered evidence that her hemorrhoids satisfied the definition of a serious health condition. The district court denied Plaintiff's motion, determining that almost all the records on which the motion relied upon had been emailed to Plaintiff's counsel, where they languished. Plaintiff moved for relief from the judgment, arguing that her counsel's failure to introduce the medical records was the product of either excusable neglect or fraud. The district court denied the motion. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that exceptional circumstances did not warrant extraordinary relief.
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