Brown v. Mayor of Detroit

We granted oral argument on the applications for leave to appeal and leave to file a cross-appeal in this case to determine whether an employee of a public body must report violations or suspected violations to an outside agency or higher authority to be protected by the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.361 etseq. Because there is no language in the statute that indicates such a requirement, we hold that the WPA does not require that an employee of a public body report violations or suspected violations to an outside agency or higher authority to receive the protections of the…