Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (E.D. Mich.)

A federal court denied summary judgment to Fifth Third Bank on the Michigan Whistleblower’s Protection Act claim of an employee who reported a domestic altercation with her spouse to the police and child protective services, and also reported the incident to the bank as required by a company policy, a federal court ruled. A reasonable juror could find that the bank terminated her employment because of her protected whistleblowing activity, the court said. Similarly, a reasonable juror could find that her employer pretextually suspended her with pay and later terminated her because she called the authorities, the court said. Finally, ...