Montana nurse settles wrongful discharge lawsuit
A Bozeman, Mont. nurse who was fired after serving as a surrogate mother for a patient has settled her wrongful discharge lawsuit with Billings Clinic.
On March 20, 2012, the US Supreme Court decided Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, No. 10-1016, holding that states retain sovereign immunity and cannot be subjected to suits for damages by employees alleging violations of the self-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 USC § 2612, because the abrogation of sovereign immunity through the self-care provision of the FMLA exceeded congressional power.