DOUGLASS v. EATON CORP.

No. 91-1337.

956 F.2d 1339 (1992)

Pearl H. DOUGLASS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EATON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney J. O'Farrell (argued) and Donald T. Popielarz (briefed), Saginaw, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard E. Lieberman, James A. Burns, Jr. (argued and briefed), Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Ill. and David R. Collette, Smith & Brooker, Saginaw, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before KEITH and RYAN, Circuit Judges, and ALDRICH, District Judge.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Pearl H. Douglass, a Michigan citizen, ("Douglass") appeals the judgment of the district court overturning the jury verdict in her favor and rejecting her claim of discriminatory discharge against the defendant-appellee Eaton Corporation ("Eaton"), an Ohio corporation, under the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich.Comp.Laws Ann. § 37.2101 et seq.

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Douglass, a black woman, was an hourly employee...

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