Walgreens Leave Retaliation Case Puts Proof Level to 11th Cir.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta will consider during oral argument what threshold a former Walgreen Co. worker must reach to prove the pharmacy chain retaliated against her for attempting to take time off under federal law to care for a dependent.

Doris Lapham, a single mother of a disabled child, is trying to convince the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to revive her lawsuit against Walgreens alleging she was fired because she sought Family and Medical Leave Act time off. The court will hear argument Wednesday.

A federal district judge in Orlando, Fla., threw out Lapham’s ...