Marquis v. Tecumseh Products Co.

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Patricia Marquis, Annette Richmond, Erika Swain, Lisa Davis, Rhonda MacDonald, and Karin Conrad commenced this putative class action on December 13, 1999, asserting claims of hostile work environment sex discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (the “Elliott — Larsen Act”), Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2101 et seq., as…