Loper Bright Cited in Nixing Prison Worker’s Medical Leave Suit

A Delaware County, Pa., corrections officer was denied a trial under the Family and Medical Leave Act because the county didn’t become his “successor” employer when it resumed running his prison, a federal judge ruled.

That conclusion was dictated by Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Judge Harvey Bartle III of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said. The US Supreme Court in Loper Bright overruled Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Counsel Inc. and held that courts, not federal regulators, must decide all questions of law and interpret statutory and provisions related to agency ...