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· 4/15/1985

Jenkins v. Southeastern Michigan Chapter, American Red Cross

Citations

  • 141 Mich. App. 785
  • 369 N.W.2d 223

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an agent of an employer is an “employer” within the meaning of the Elliott-Larsen Act
  • utilizing a \but for\ test, and noting that \the predicate acts underlying a sexual harassment claim need not be clearly sexual in nature\
  • upholding $500,000 pain and suffering award in an Elliott-Larsen race discrimination suit
  • “It is appropriate to rely on federal precedent in deciding discrimination cases”
  • \It is appropriate to rely on federal precedent in deciding discrimination cases\
  • Court of Appeals affirmed a jury verdict against individual employees.

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Judges: Wahls, Beasley, Marutiak

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