“Chevron’s failure to conduct even the most cursory investigation, confront Ion about Peel’s statements, or seek a second opinion under the FMLA calls into doubt Chevron’s reasonable reliance and good faith on Peel’s statements, and, at the very least, creates a fact issue as to whether it would have terminated Ion despite its retaliatory motive.”

Ion v. Chevron USA, Inc., 731 F.3d 379, 395 (5th Cir. September 26, 2013) (Guirola, Jr., J.).