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TEADT v. LUTHERAN CHURCH

Docket Nos. 204107, 204118.

603 N.W.2d 816 (1999)

237 Mich. App. 567

Linda TEADT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Ofburr Oak, Michigan, and Robert Garbisch, Defendants-Appellees, and LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD, Michigan District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Defendants. Linda Teadt, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Michigan District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 17, 1999, at 9:25 a.m.

Released for Publication January 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Kevin J. O'Dowd), Grand Rapids, for Linda Treadt.

Bigler, Berry, Johnston, Sztykiel & Hunt, P.C. (by Steven C. Berry ), Holland, for Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Michigan District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

James, Dark & Brill (by Arthur W. Brill), Kalamazoo, for St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burr Oak, Michigan.

Schroeder, DeGraw, Kendall, Mayhall, DeGraw & Dickerson (by Bert W. Schulz), Marshall, for Robert Garbisch.

Before: McDONALD, P.J., and SAWYER and COLLINS, JJ.

McDONALD, P.J.

These consolidated appeals present questions of first impression in Michigan regarding whether to recognize a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty against a member of the clergy who engaged in a sexual relationship with a parishioner. In Docket No. 204107, plaintiff Linda Teadt appeals by leave granted the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants St. John's Evangelical...

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