Gogebic Medical Care Facility v. AFSCME Local 992

These consolidated appeals arise out of a decision of respondent Michigan Department of Public Health (mdph) finding that petitioner Janice Smith, a certified nurse’s aide, had mentally abused a patient at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility. In Docket No. 168368, defendant AFSCME Local 992, AFL-CIO, appeals as of right an order of the circuit court vacating the arbitration opinion and award in which Smith was cleared of abuse charges and ordered reinstated. In Docket No. 168369, petitioner Janice Smith appeals as of right an order of the circuit court affirming the mdph’s finding that she had…