Auto Parts Maker Gestamp to Face Trial Over Leave Request Denial

A jury should decide whether an automotive parts maker illegally denied an Alabama worker’s request to take intermittent medical leave by forcing him to take a continuous leave until his conditions improved.

That was the conclusion of a federal district court, which July 18 denied Gestamp of Alabama LLC’s motion to dismiss George Brown’s claims under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Brown’s physician gave Gestamp a form reporting that Brown was “unable to perform” his duties because of gout, arthritis, hypertension, and other conditions, Judge Karon Owen Bowdre of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...