Townley v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

GADOLA, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff filed a timely Response, and Defendant filed a timely Reply Brief. The Court elects to proceed without a hearing. See E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(e)(2). For the reasons set forth below, the Court will grant the Motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant employed Plaintiff for approximately sixteen years. Plaintiffs most recent employment position with Defendant was as a “Pricer VH” in which she handled the payment of group health claims. After several disciplinary and corrective…