LICHON v. MORSE

No. 159492, No. 159493 Calendar No. 2.

968 N.W.2d 461 (2021)

507 Mich. 424

Samantha LICHON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael MORSE and Michael J. Morse, PC, Defendants-Appellants. Jordan Smits, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Morse and Michael J. Morse, PC, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington PC (by Geoffrey N. Fieger and Sima G. Patel ) for Samantha Lichon and Jordan Smits.

Honigman LLP, Detroit (by Robert M. Riley and I. W. Winsten ) and Starr, Butler, Alexopoulos & Stoner, PLLC, Bloomfield Hills (by Joseph A. Starr ) for Michael Morse and Michael J Morse, PC.

McClelland & Anderson, LLP, Lansing (by Melissa A. Hagen ) for Home Builders Association of Michigan, amicus curiae.

Linderman Law PLLC, Ann Arbor (by Marla A. Linderman ) for Michigan Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Welch, J.)


OPINION

In these cases, the Court must determine whether plaintiffs' claims fall within the scope of arbitration agreements limited to matters that are "relative to" plaintiffs' employment. Whether plaintiffs' allegations of sexual assault, and the multiple claims stemming from those allegations, are relative to plaintiffs...

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