A former Boscov’s employee’s settlement of workers’ compensation claims does not prohibit him from bringing a Family and Medical Leave Act suit against the department store, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in a precedential opinion Monday that Craig Zuber could pursue an FMLA case against the Reading-based retailer over an allegedly retaliatory firing that he claims was based on his medical leave from a work injury.

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