Michaels v. Amway Corp.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right a circuit court order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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Plaintiff Shirlee Michaels became affiliated with defendant Amway Corporation as a distributor in 1969. An Amway distributor’s business grows by sponsoring other "down-line” distributors and thereby establishing a personal distribution network. Michaels sponsored plaintiff Joan Baker and her husband in 1975. The Bakers in turn sponsored Mary and Maurice VanDusen and Mariis and Donald Shamblin. In 1979, the VanDusens sponsored George and Barbara…