Manager was fired after missing an important meeting due to sinus infection and toothache. Court ruled that his firing was not in violation of FMLA as sinusitis was not a serious health condition covered by the FMLA. Hastings v. Carlson Mtg. Group Inc., D. Minn.

In Cruz v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 11th Cir., the eleventh circuit appeals court held that pregnancy is not a serious health condition unless it involves complications; therefore, a mother could not use FMLA leave in order to coach her daughter through childbirth.