SARVER v. DETROIT EDISON CO.

Docket No. 181801.

571 N.W.2d 759 (1997)

225 Mich. App. 580

Elisabeth J. SARVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 3, 1997, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication December 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto, Detroit, and Joseph J. George, Mt. Clemens, for plaintiff-appellee.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Ernest R. Bazzana, Detroit, for defendant-appellant.

Before HOLBROOK, P.J., and WHITE and A.T. DAVIS, JJ.


HOLBROOK, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals as of right from a circuit court judgment entered on a jury verdict that found that defendant had wilfully converted plaintiff's idea that she had submitted under defendant's employee suggestion plan. The jury awarded plaintiff $3,384,427 in damages. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Before retiring from The Detroit Edison Company (Edison) in 1994, plaintiff worked as a processor in the customer accounting...

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