Wellons v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

OPINION

NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Brenda Wellons (‘Wellons”) appeals from a district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Northwest Airlines (“NWA”). Wellons, an African-American woman, claims that circumstantial evidence of discrimination and NWA’s denial of her verbal request for a leave of absence constituted (1) race discrimination in violation of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2101, et seq.; (2) fraud and misrepresentation; and (3) intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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Wellons worked part-time for NWA as a…