DEBANO-GRIFFIN v. LAKE COUNTY

Docket No. 143841. Calendar No. 6.

828 N.W.2d 634 (2013)

493 Mich. 167

DEBANO-GRIFFIN v. LAKE COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided February 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto, P.C., Royal Oak (by Mark Granzotto ), and Parsons Law Firm, PLC, Traverse City (by Grant W. Parsons ), for Cheryl Debano-Griffin.

Abbott Nicholson, P.C., Detroit (by John R. McGlinchey and Kristen L. Baiardi ), for Lake County and the Lake County Board of Commissioners.


Michael F. CAVANAGH, J.

This case requires us to determine whether plaintiff, Cheryl Debano-Griffin, provided sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding the causation element of her claim under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.361 et seq. We hold that plaintiff presented evidence that showed more than a temporal relationship between the protected activity and defendants' adverse employment action. See West v...

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