Hecht v. National Heritage Academies, Inc

I agree with the majority that the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence of discrimination such that the trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. But I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision to vacate the jury award for future damages. I do not agree that the defendant’s disclosures of the plaintiffs unprofessional conduct subjected the defendant to any “civil liability for the disclosure,” which I agree MCL 380.1230b(3) would bar. No, the defendant incurred all its civil liability in this case when it discharged the…