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WIDDOES v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Docket No. 173469.

553 N.W.2d 688 (1996)

218 Mich. App. 282

Paul WIDDOES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 16, 1996, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication: September 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coticchio, Zotter, Sullivan, Molter, Skupin & Turner, P.C. (by Joseph F. Lucas), Detroit, for petitioner.

Lynne M. Metty, Detroit, for respondent.

Before BANDSTRA, P.J., and MARKMAN and M.D. SCHWARTZ, JJ.

MARKMAN, Judge.

Respondent appeals by leave granted a circuit court order reversing a State Tenure Commission decision terminating petitioner teacher's employment for excessive use of force. We affirm the circuit court's reversal, remand to the State Tenure Commission for further consideration, and reverse the circuit court's award of attorney fees to petitioner.

The incident at issue occurred in February 1990. An eighth grade student, who helped clean the...

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