Opinion
Docket No. 146157. COA No. 301752.
2013-06-5
Richard L. WURTZ, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. BEECHER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, Leo McClain, Jacquelin Corlew, and Sheila Thorn, Defendants–Appellants.
Prior report: 298 Mich.App. 75, 825 N.W.2d 651.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 2, 2012 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address: (1) whether the plaintiff suffered an adverse employment action under the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.361 et seq. , when the defendants declined to renew or extend the plaintiff's employment contract, which did not contain a renewal clause beyond the expiration of its ten-year term; and (2) whether there was a fair likelihood that additional discovery would have produced evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact, MCR 2.116(C)(10), if the defendants' motion for summary disposition had not been granted prior to the completion of discovery.
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