CAMERON v. MONROE COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Docket No. 106060, Calendar No. 10.

579 N.W.2d 859 (1998)

457 Mich. 423

Cindy L. CAMERON and Lawrence Cameron, Plaintiffs, v. MONROE COUNTY PROBATE COURT and its Judge Of Probate, James McCauley Seitz, jointly and severally, Defendants. MONROE COUNTY PROBATE COURT, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONROE COUNTY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Richard P. Gartner and John S. Mackey, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, for third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C. by Gail P. Massad, Livonia, for third-party defendant-appellee.


Opinion

WEAVER, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether the county is responsible for paying a judgment entered against the probate court when the plaintiffs alleged discrimination under the Civil Rights Act, M.C.L. § 37.2101 et seq.; M.S.A. § 3.548(101) et seq., by the probate judge.

The facts of the underlying suit were wellsummarized by the Court of Appeals:

Cindy Cameron was formerly employed as...

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