Rourk v. Oakwood Hospital Corp.

*27Weaver, J.

We granted leave in this case to determine whether an employer’s duty to accommodate a handicapped employee includes the duty to transfer that employee to a different job or position under the Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act (HCRA), MCL 37.1101 et seq.-, MSA 3.550(101) et seq. We hold that it does not and, therefore, affirm the Court of Appeals affirmance of the trial court’s grant of summary disposition for defendant.

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Plaintiff Rourk was employed by defendant hospital as a registered nurse. On June 16, 1990, she suffered a shoulder injury in a nonwork related automobile accident.…