HILLENBRAND v. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

Docket No. 319127.

877 N.W.2d 178 (2015)

312 Mich.App. 273

HILLENBRAND v. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BIRCH RUN.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 15, 2015, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Burket Savage Listman Brennan (by Robert C. Davis , Lake Orion and William N. Listman , Mount Clemens) for plaintiff.

Johnston, Sztykiel & Hunt, PC, Troy (by J. Steven Johnston and Joseph N. Fraser ), for defendant.

Thompson Coburn LLP (by Todd A. Rowden ) for the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

Before: WILDER, P.J., and SERVITTO and STEPHENS, JJ.


Plaintiff appeals as of right the opinion and order of the trial court granting defendant's motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(4). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant is a Lutheran church. Plaintiff served as pastor at defendant church for seven years, from 2005 until his employment was terminated in...

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