FMLA applies when ALL of the following are true:

1.) The employer has more than 50 employees within 75 miles of the employee's location
2.) The employee has worked for this employer for a minimum of 12 months
3.) In the 12 months immediately preceding the leave, the employee has worked no less than 1,250 hours for this employer
4.) The employee or a qualified beneficiary (spouse, parent, child under 18) has a serious health condition as defined by the statute.

If ALL of the above criteria were met, then you MIGHT have a claim, but if ALL of the above criteria are met, we'll have to ask further questions since the facts as presented above do not clearly indicate a violation.

If even one of the above criteria is not true, then FMLA does not apply and the employer's actions, while I do not necessarily approve of them, were legal.