Garner v. Michigan State University

In this suit for wrongful discharge, we are asked to decide the propriety of a writ of mandamus issued April 24, 1989, by the Ingham Circuit Court, ordering defendants to reinstate plaintiff, although not to "any particular position,” and further ordering defendants not to dismiss plaintiff without a hearing as mandated by defendant university’s policy on the dismissal of tenured faculty for cause. We find the writ properly issued and, therefore, affirm.

Plaintiff is a psychologist and renowned expert in the field of "eating disorders,” primarily anorexia and bulimia. From early 1978 until…