Michigan's highest court allows indirect workplace retaliation lawsuit, extending discrimination claims.

Michigan's highest court allowed a lawsuit alleging indirect workplace retaliation, based on a 7-0 ruling. The case involves Michigan Department of Corrections employees, Brent Whitman and Richard Miller, who claim they were fired in retaliation against a close friend who filed racial discrimination and hostile work environment claims. The court's decision extends discrimination claims to attenuated cases, following precedents set in federal civil rights cases.