Tomiak v. Hamtramck School District

This case of first impression requires us to decide whether Michigan will recognize the doctrine of abandonment as applied to layoff recall rights under the teacher tenure act. If abandonment is recognized, the parties ask that we determine what process is due a teacher when a board of education makes a determination of abandonment. This case also presents the question, again of first impression, whether the teacher tenure act requires recall beyond the "first vacancy” specified in MCL 38.105; MSA 15.2005. Additional issues of due process, statute of limita tions interpretation, and proper…