Genesee

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. — A federal appeals court has recently upheld an $800,000 jury verdict awarded to a Genesee County Road Commission executive, who alleged that she faced retaliation for raising concerns about discrimination and her disability accommodations. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this decision on July 16, 2023. The court dismissed the Road Commission’s various challenges to the jury’s findings, including a motion for a new trial, stating that they lacked merit and did not justify overturning the original ruling. In her case, the executive claimed that after she made formal … Read more