With her brother, Mark Gray, in need of a kidney transplant, Phyllis Delaney of Festus, Missouri, says she made arrangements to donate one of her own, including getting permission from her employer to miss work. But Signature Healthcare Foundation decided three days before the surgery to deny Delaney’s leave request, claiming it could not fill her position for the four weeks of recovery she needed. The data entry clerk went ahead with the transplant surgery for her brother on May 1, 2008, causing her dismissal. Delaney is now suing Signature, arguing there were other people at the company who could have filled in for her. She wants her job back, and is seeking punitive damages.