Michigan Court Extends Whistleblower Window to Sue Employers (1)

Michigan employees will get a wider time window to file whistleblower claims against former bosses under a court ruling siding with a doctor who alleged pressure to perform unnecessary surgeries.

Michigan’s Whistleblower Protection Act has a 90-day statute of limitations for bringing a claim. But that time window begins when an employee is actually discharged—not, as in the case of Dr. Moses Jones, Jr.—when he was given a 60-day notice that he was going to be fired, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

“The trial court concluded that defendants took ‘action’ to implement their decision to terminate Dr. Jones’s ...