Brackett v. Focus Hope, Inc

753 N.W.2d 207 (2008)

Patricia D. BRACKETT, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

FOCUS HOPE, INC., and Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, Defendants-Appellants.

Docket No. 135375.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued May 7, 2008.

Decided July 30, 2008.

Charters, Heck, O'Donnell & Petrulis, P.C. (by Margaret A. O'Donnell), Troy, for the plaintiff.

Lacey & Jones (by Gerald M. Marcinkoski), Birmingham, for the defendants.

Daryl Royal, Dearborn, for the Michigan Association for Justice.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

This case requires us to consider whether plaintiff's refusal to attend an employer-mandated event constituted…