Legal Opinion
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS Ex Rel JOHNSON v. SILVER DOLLAR CAFE
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1992No. 91348, (Calendar No. 3)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The circuit judge, on appeal from the Civil Rights Commission, reduced an award for sexual harassment to Mary Helen Johnson against her employers, Paul and Margaret Anson, doing business as Silver Dollar Cafe. The Court of Appeals reinstated the award.1
We reverse and remand to the Court of Appeals to consider whether the circuit judge clearly erred in awarding $4,515 compensatory damages for humiliation, extreme embarrassment, emotional distress, indignities to Johnson and her character, and great mental anguish.
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Johnson worked for the Silver Dollar Cafe for approximately fifteen months…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Tuttle v. Department of State HighwaysMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Southern Canal Co. v. State Board of Water EngineersTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- In Re PooleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1978
- Hohenberg Bros. Co. v. Missouri Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
- Beason v. BeasonMichigan Supreme Court · 1990
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Bragg v. ABN AMRO North America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2008
- DEPT. OF CIVIL RIGHTS EX REL. BURNSIDE v. Fashion Bug of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 2005
- Buchanan v. Flint City CouncilMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
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