A post-termination phone call about her FMLA request makes this one to watch
A pregnant worker says DB Schenker fired her for missing work — then called the next day asking her to drop her FMLA request.
That is the central allegation in a federal lawsuit filed on April 9 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Duran Abreu v. Schenker, Inc., Case No. 5:26-cv-02307). The case raises uncomfortable questions about how attendance policies can collide with pregnancy protections — and what happens when employers allegedly try to rewrite the narrative after the fact.
Adibeth Duran Abreu worked as an Operations Team Lead at a DB Schenker warehouse in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. According to the lawsuit, she told management about her pregnancy in late February or early March 2025. Around the same time, she began experiencing extreme nausea, vomiting, and dehydration — symptoms later diagnosed as Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a serious pregnancy-related condition.
The absences piled up. Duran Abreu says she went to the emergency room multiple times to get documentation, but the visits became too costly. Her OBGYN could not see her until April 3, 2025, despite her repeated attempts to get in sooner.
On March 21, she emailed her manager detailing her health struggles and attached a Nurse Triage Call After Visit Summary from the day before — the best medical note she could provide at the time. Five days later, on or about March 26, she emailed her manager and human resources asking to apply for...
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