Goins v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the trial court erred in not awarding prejudgment interest on future damages
• holding that the trial court erred in not awarding prejudgment interest on future damages
• wrongful termination in violation of public policy states an action in tort, rather than contract
• wrongful termination in violation of public policy states an action in tort, rather than contract
• Michigan public policy violated by firing an employee for filing a worker's compensation report
• difference between plaintiff's current wage and his replacement's current wage extended over forty years used as the basis of an award where he had been wrongfully discharged because of a handicap

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

64 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Standard Register Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 319×
• Larry T. Wilson, Cross-Appellant v. Thomas L. Beebe, Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-08-12· cited 267×
• Wilmot v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-12-12· cited 237×
• Health Call of Detroit v. Atrium Home & Health Care Services, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-11-29· cited 139×
• Jenkins v. Southeastern Michigan Chapter, American Red Cross
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-04-15· cited 129×
• Boyle v. Vista Eyewear, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-11-05· cited 126×
• Conway v. Electro Switch Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-16· cited 111×
• Smith v. Smithway Motor Xpress, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-12-19· cited 96×
• Sonsearaharay POLK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., an Indiana Corporation, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-11-10· cited 79×
• David K. Pratt and Teri D. Pratt v. Brown MacHine Company, a Division of John Brown, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-09-07· cited 69×
• Phillips v. Butterball Farms Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1995-03-21· cited 65×
• Powell v. WYOMING CABLEVISION. INC.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-02-13· cited 63×
• Authier v. Ginsberg
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-03-26· cited 59×
• Howard v. Canteen Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1992-01-15· cited 53×
• Sidney Diggs, IV v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-01-26· cited 49×
• Thompson v. Medley Material Handling, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1987-01-13· cited 48×
• Sepanske v. Bendix Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-12-17· cited 43×
• June Kunz v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 876
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-09-29· cited 40×
• Mourad v. Automobile Club Insurance
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1991-01-08· cited 40×
• Pontiac School District v. Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1997-04-29· cited 39×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1982-03-02· cited 206×
• Sventko v. Kroger Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1976-06-24· cited 184×
• Grewe v. Mount Clemens General Hospital
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1978-12-28· cited 136×
• Schipani v. Ford Motor Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-01-06· cited 135×
• Dressler v. Grand Rapids Die Casting Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1978-02-27· cited 78×
• BASIC Food INDUSTRIES, INC v. GRANT
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-07-08· cited 65×
• Gallaway v. Chrysler Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-04-07· cited 54×
• Tiffany v. the Christman Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-11-05· cited 39×
• Schwartz v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-05-22· cited 34×
• Kailimai v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-12-07· cited 29×
• Cryderman v. Soo Line Railroad Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-09-20· cited 26×
• Foremost Life Insurance v. Waters
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1983-05-17· cited 25×
• Hrab v. Hayes-Albion Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-01-22· cited 25×
• Christy v. Prestige Builders, Inc.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1982-12-23· cited 23×
• Danaher v. Partridge Creek Country Club
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1982-05-19· cited 23×
• Scott v. Union Tank Car Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-04-01· cited 23×
• McGrath v. Clark
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-03-20· cited 21×
• Freeman v. Lanning Corporation
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-05-30· cited 21×
• Adama v. Doehler-Jarvis, Division of N L Industries, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1982-04-07· cited 20×
• Bell v. Merritt
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1982-07-21· cited 18×