Attorney obtained a defense verdict at a trial

Attorney obtained a defense verdict at a trial.  Plaintiff sued his municipal employer and its former city manager individually, alleging that they terminated his employment in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.  Our clients alleged that they terminated plaintiff's employment because of his violations of various employment policies and because of a pattern of Thursday and Friday absences.  Plaintiff claimed that his health problems led to his repeated absences and that his claimed health problems constituted a serious health condition that would have qualified his various and repeated absences for leave pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act.  After a five day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of our clients, the municipal employer and its former city manager, finding that plaintiff established a serious health condition as to only one date of absence but failed to provide  notice to his employer of his need for FMLA leave to treat his alleged serious medical condition on that date.