U.S. Supreme Court won’t block Michigan road worker’s lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a Michigan road worker to sue his former employer over a noisy, dirty job that the worker had requested.
The court on Monday rejected an appeal from the Kalamazoo County Road Commission that sought to block Robert Deleon's lawsuit. He sued the commission for discrimination after he suffered from stress and exposure to soot and diesel fumes in his job as equipment superintendent.
Deleon was passed over for the job before the commission gave it to him in 2009 when others bowed out. He lasted less than a year due to tension with his superiors and health problems.
A federal appeals court allowed the lawsuit to continue.
Panel to discuss judicial clerkships, externships Jan. 15
Law students in the metro Detroit area are invited to a panel discussion Thursday, Jan. 15, at Wayne State University Law School to learn about judicial clerkship and externship opportunities for summer 2015.
The informational panel will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 2242 of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at the law school, 471 W. Palmer St. Admission is free, and a casual reception with light refreshments will follow the panel. Parking will be available for $7 (credit or debit cards only) in Parking Structure No. 1 across West Palmer Street from the law school.
The panel will be moderated by Sharika Robinson, law clerk to Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and former law clerk to Judge Victoria A. Roberts of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Panelists will be Judge Victoria Roberts; Judge Edward Ewell Jr. of the Wayne County Circuit Court; Judge Qiana Lillard of the Wayne County Circuit Court; Krystal Player, career clerk to Judge Mark Randon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and former law clerk to Roberts; Jonathan Grey, assistant U.S. attorney and former law clerk to Keith and Judge W. Louis Sands; and Carlton Watson, judicial staff attorney for Judge Leslie Kim Smith of the Wayne County Circuit Court.
The panel is sponsored by the Keith Center and the Wolverine Bar Association Judicial Externship Program, which works in conjunction with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and is administered by Roberts.
For more information about this event, contact Savala Nolan Trepczynski at 313-577-6530 or savala@wayne.edu.
LAD to conduct free outreach clinic Jan. 14
Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil legal services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, including the city of Detroit, on Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at Detroit Veterans Center, 2770 Park Ave. Attendees are asked to register before 10 a.m., as a LAD attorney will assist only those persons who have done so by that time.
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