Stevens v. McLouth Steel Products Corp.

This lawsuit, brought under the Michigan Civil Rights Act, 1 requires us to decide whether the defendant, a successor corporation which purchased only part of the assets of a failing predecessor corporation, can be held liable for an act of alleged age discrimination committed by the predecessor prior to the acquisition. Under the circumstances of this case, where the successor corporation had no notice of the discrimination claim prior to the acquisition date, we hold that successor liability does not attach. Finding that the trial court properly granted summary disposition for defendant, we…