Former Fanatics Employee Advances Suit Over Leave to Adopt Child

Some of a former Fanatics LLC and Candy Digital Inc. employee’s claims against the companies over his firing after seeking leave to adopt a child aren’t precluded by a state legal action, a district court ruled.

Charles Robbins’ interference claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act against Candy Digital survives dismissal since a parallel proceeding with the New York State Division of Human Rights doesn’t address interference issues, Judge Lewis J. Liman said Monday.

“At base, the state proceedings did not address” Robbins’ substantive rights under FMLA “and so could not have decided whether his employer ‘denied or otherwise ...