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ROURK v. OAKWOOD HOSPITAL CORP.

Docket No. 104997, Calendar No. 2.

580 N.W.2d 397 (1998)

458 Mich. 25

Melania ROURK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OAKWOOD HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messing, Palmer & Waibel, P.C. by Charles W. Palmer, Taylor, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dykema, Gossett, P.L.L.C. by Paul H. Townsend, Jr., and Kiffi Y. Ford, Detroit, for defendant-appellee.

Clark, Hill, P.L.C. by Duane L. Tarnacki and J. Walker Henry, Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Stark & Gordon by Sheldon J. Stark and Carol A. Laughbaum, Royal Oak, amici curiae, for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Stewart R. Hakola, Marquette, amici curiae, for Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service.

Opinion

WEAVER, Justice.

We granted leave in this case to determine whether an employer's duty to accommodate a handicapped employee includes the duty to transfer that employee to a different job or position under the Handicappers' Civil Rights Act (HCRA), M.C.L. § 37.1101 et seq.; M.S.A. § 3.550(101) et seq. We hold that it does not and, therefore, affirm the Court of Appeals affirmance of the trial court's grant of summary disposition...

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