The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that a negligence claim against a public school district may proceed.  In Glezman v Traverse City Area Pub Sch (Case No. 344477), an unpublished opinion, the plaintiff was injured at an athletic facility at Traverse City West High School when her thumb was crushed between two entrance doors. 

Approximately one year ago, we wrote an article explaining the state of collective bargaining and retirement benefits law in the Sixth Circuit (the article is accessible here).  On May 30, 2019, the Michigan Supreme Court issued its decision on the same general topic in Kendierski v Macomb Co, Docket No. 156086 (2019).  The Kendierski court,

At Lusk Albertson, we report the good and the bad news, and the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) released one decision of note in May that falls in the latter category.  In Lapeer Comm Sch, Case No. C18 H‑078, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that the employer committed a violation of the Public Employment

The Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Special Education (MDE OSE) recently issued three policy guidance documents entitled: IDEA Discipline Requirements; Shortened School Day and Special Education Reevaluation Process.  We encourage our clients to review these documents to ensure compliance with MDE OSE expectations.  Special attention should be paid to the guidance on shortened school

On May 20, 2019, the Supreme Court denied review in Doe v Woodard, 912 F3d 1278 (CA 10, 2019), a Tenth Circuit case involving a warrantless strip-search of a child at pre‑school.  The question at hand was whether a state social worker’s warrantless search of a minor child for signs of abuse was unreasonable and,

We all know that, as the Supreme Court once held, students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door.  Still, it can be difficult to distinguish between constitutionally protected student speech and insubordination.  The federal district court’s decision in K.B. v DeKalb County School District, Case No. 18-5201 (April 29, 2019) provides a

The Michigan Employment Relations Commission (“MERC”) released three decisions of note in April – two of which adopted Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) decisions after the relevant parties failed to file exceptions.  In all three cases, the MERC (or ALJs) determined the employers had not committed a violation of the Public Employment Relations Act (“PERA”). In Plymouth‑Canton Comm

Getting to Know and Understand Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act Michigan’s new Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA) has been causing a great deal of confusion and concern for public school employers throughout the state.  Please join Lusk Albertson attorneys on May 7, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. for a 90-minute webinar focusing on the this new

On April 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States chose to hear arguments in three cases involving LGBT employees – Altitude Express v Zarda, Bostock v Clayton County, and RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC.  These cases are from different jurisdictions: the Second Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, and Sixth Circuit, respectively. In Altitude Express,