A discharged employee’s age discrimination claim was improperly dismissed because there was direct evidence of discriminatory animus in statements allegedly made during the employee’s firing.

Plaintiffs have a right to a jury trial in Circuit Court when bringing actions against the state under the ELCRA, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in a published decision.

In Reynolds v Hasbany, the Court of Appeals held the circuit court wrongly dismissed the plaintiff’s weight discrimination lawsuit against her former employer

The COA affirmed two lower court judgments granting money damages and attorney fees in an age discrimination case under the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.