Hall v. McRea Corp.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition of plaintiff’s claims of age and handicap discrimination. We affirm, albeit on different grounds than those stated by the trial court.

I. facts and proceedings

Plaintiff was employed as the full-time office manager for defendant, a small auto parts supply business. In November 1995, plaintiff informed Ray Fredrickson, defendant’s president, that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Als is an irreversible, degenerative disease…