Kimberley Ann Hart sued the Goodrich Area Schools and the President of the School Board alleging gender discrimination. One month after executing a new one-year contract with Hart, the Board suspended her with pay and banned her from the school premises. No fool, Hart immediately began applying for other jobs and secured a three-year contract with another school district at a higher pay rate. She then sued her past employer, alleging that it had illegally discriminated against her and retaliated when she complained.
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In the case entitled Yeschick v. Mineta, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of Mr. Yeschick's age discrimination claim. Yeschick was a member of the air traffic controllers union when President Reagan fired them for conducting an unauthorized strike. Reagan also prohibited the union members from applying for re-employment. That ban was overturned by President Clinton ten years later and Mr. Yeschick applied for re-employment. When he was passed over by the FAA, he filed an EEOC claim and then a lawsuit.
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Firefighter-EMT Kevin Leverett sued his former employer, Delta Township in Clinton County, alleging that his employer violated their severance agreement by disparaging his abilities to prospective employers. The agreement clearly prohibited either party from making disparaging statements about the other, and when Leverett was being evaluated for employment by the East Lansing Fire Department, an interview with his former employer resulted in the ELFD deciding not to hire him.
The ELFD Chief explained that the Township Fire Chief attributed Leverett's termination to an inability to separate his personal life from his work duties, and characterized this as a "large deterrent" from hiring Leverett. The ELFD's chief twice referred to Leverett's "dismissal." Despite this disparaging characterization of the severance and the ELFD's characterization of the report received from the Township, an arbitrator ruled that the Township had not violated the severance agreement.
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Keith Montgomery sued his employer, the Larry Ross Garage in Wayne County, after his employment was terminated. He had complained of chest pain and numbness on the left side of his body, admitted himself to the Emergency Room, and his physician deemed it necessary to confirm that he had not suffered a stroke. After concluding that Montgomery had not suffered a stroke, the doctor wrote a letter to his employer confirming that Montgomery could return to work "without restrictions." Nevertheless, his employment was immediately terminated, and various conflicting explanations for the termination were offered.
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Pathologist Diana Dimitrov sued her employer, Quest Diagnostics, after she was terminated from employment. Dimitrov argued that she was dismissed in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act and Michigan's disability discrimination act (the PWDCRA). Dimitrov endured a torn rotator cuff for a number of months before attempting to schedule surgery in December of 2007. She sought permission to schedule the surgery with a couple weeks' notice, and her supervisor told her to wait until after the holidays as the firm was unable to timely process work if she took leave at the same time that another pathologist was retiring. She complained about her supervisor's treatment of her claim and argued that because of that complaint, she was hounded into dismissal a year later, in retaliation.
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