Branch v. azalea/epps Home, Ltd

Defendants appeal by leave granted a December 20, 1989, circuit court order denying their motion for summary disposition of plaintiff Barbara Branch’s action for wrongful termination of a just-cause employment contract and retaliatory discharge. Defendants’ motion for summary disposition was premised on their allegation that plaintiff’s claim was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, MCL 15.361 et seq.; MSA 17.428(1) et seq., whose ninety-day limitation period had lapsed. In denying defendants’ motion, the trial court held that plaintiffs cause of…