Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
June 5, 2013 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Michael F. Cavanagh
Stephen J. Markman
146157 Mary Beth Kelly
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano,
RICHARD L. WURTZ, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 146157
COA: 301752
Genesee CC: 10-092901-CL
BEECHER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, LEO
MCCLAIN, JACQUELIN CORLEW, and
SHEILA THORN,
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 2, 2012
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
address: (1) whether the plaintiff suffered an adverse employment action under the
Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.361 et seq., when the defendants declined
to renew or extend the plaintiff’s employment contract, which did not contain a renewal
clause beyond the expiration of its ten-year term; and (2) whether there was a fair
likelihood that additional discovery would have produced evidence creating a genuine
issue of material fact, MCR 2.116(C)(10), if the defendants’ motion for summary
disposition had not been granted prior to the completion of discovery.
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this
case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
June 5, 2013
s0529
Clerk