Stevens v. Inland Waters, Inc

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary disposition in this case brought under the Michigan Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act (hcra), MCL 37.1101 et seq.\ MSA 3.550(101) et seq. The trial court granted defendants’ motion on the basis that smoking is not a handicap within the meaning of the hcra and specifically that “[nicotine] addiction is [not] synonymous with handicap.” We affirm.

Plaintiff began working as a security guard with defendant Inland Waters, Inc., in September 1983. Defendant Benjamin Rusch became plaintiffs supervisor. Although…