Case: Wage & Hour/FMLA Interference (N.D. Cal.)

April 7, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC

A California federal district court denied Dodge & Cox’s motion for partial summary judgment on a Black fixed income trading assistant of Egyptian descent’s claims under the Family Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, finding genuine disputes of material fact exist as to whether the employee with extreme anxiety had been restored to work before being asked to take a fitness for duty exam, and whether there was business necessity for the exam.

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