Steven Munizza v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation

103 F.3d 139 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Steven MUNIZZA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-35794. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 7, 1996. * Decided Dec. 05, 1996. 1 Before: BRUNETTI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Appellant Steven Munizza appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm"), in Munizza's action contending that he was terminated from his position as a claims adjuster in retaliation for taking family leave to care for his new baby. Munizza claims that his termination was in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 , the Washington Family Leave Act ("WFLA"), RCW 49.78, and the implied contract between State Farm and its…