Dunbar v. Department of Mental Health

Plaintiff appeals, - and defendant cross appeals, from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding damages on plaintiff’s retaliatory discharge claim. We affirm.

Plaintiff was a registered nurse at the Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital from April 1981 through February 1983. At two different times in July 1982, plaintiff injured his shoulder while separating patients who were fighting. After the second incident, plaintiff reported the injury to his supervisor and was sent to the hospital. On November 22, 1982, plaintiff was working at the *3Northville hospital when he injured the same…