TERZANO v. WAYNE CTY.

Docket No. 171831.

216 Mich. App. 522 (1996)

TERZANO v. WAYNE COUNTY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 10, 1996, at 9:15 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Fellows, for the plaintiff.

Jennifer Granholm, Corporation Counsel, and Ellen E. Mason, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the defendants.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and GRIFFIN and E.R. POST, JJ.


GRIFFIN, J.

In this whistleblower's case, defendants appeal by leave granted a judgment in plaintiff's favor entered following a jury trial. On appeal, defendants raise an issue regarding the breadth of § 2 of the Whistleblowers' Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.362; MSA 17.428(2). We affirm and hold, inter alia, that an employee who reports third-party violations of law or suspected violations of law is protected by the WPA when the employee acts within the scope...

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