Legal Opinion
Duskin v. Department of Human Services
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 2009No. Docket 279151PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaad, C.J.
Defendant, the Department of Human Services, appeals the trial court’s order granting plain tiffs’ motion for class certification. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we reverse.
I. NATURE OF THE CASE
In this employment discrimination case, plaintiffs sought and received class certification for their claims that Michigan’s Department of Human Services (DHS) discriminatorily denies male, but not female, racial and ethnic minorities a sufficient number of promotions to supervisory and management positions. We hold that the trial court clearly erred by certifying this matter as a class…
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