Campbell v. Department of Human Services

METER, E J.

In this gender-discrimination case, defendant appeals as of right from a judgment for plaintiff entered after a jury trial. We affirm. Of particular note is our holding that although acts of discrimination occurring outside an applicable limitations period are not actionable, evidence of them may, in appropriate cases, be used as “background evidence” to establish a pattern of discrimination and to support a proper claim.

I. PERTINENT FACTS

Flaintiff alleged in her lawsuit that defendant, her employer, discriminated against her on the basis of her gender, contrary to MCL…