WHITMAN v. CITY OF BURTON

Docket No. 143475.

831 N.W.2d 223 (2013)

493 Mich. 303

WHITMAN v. CITY OF BURTON.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom R. Pabst, Michael A. Kowalko , and Jarrett M. Pabst , Flint, for plaintiff.

Plunkett Cooney, Detroit, (by Ernest R. Bazzana ), for defendants.

Peter M. Bade , Corporation Counsel, and John Postulka , Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the City of Flint.

Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. (by Rosalind Rochkind ), for the Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan Townships Association, and the Public Corporation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Bogas, Koncius & Croson, PC (by Charlotte Croson , Bingham Farms), for the Michigan Association for Justice.


MARY BETH KELLY, J.

This case involves the proper interpretation of the Whistleblowers' Protection Act (WPA),1 which protects an employee against an employer's retaliatory employment actions, including discharge, when the employee is engaged in protected activity. Specifically, we address whether this Court's decision in Shallal v. Catholic Social Services of Wayne County2 requires an employee engaging...

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