State to Pay $100 Million for Inmate Abuse: Settlement ends 13-year classaction suit asserting guards’ sexual assaults and harassment
When a class-action lawsuit involving 500-plus Michigan female inmates claiming sexual assault began, Bill Clinton was about to be re-elected president. When it ended, Barack Obama had just celebrated sixmonths as commander in chief.
The suit could well have gone another eight to 10 years and could have cost the state in excess of $1 billion. But, “We wanted it to end,” said Michael L. Pitt, who was one of nine attorneys representing female inmates both inside and outside prison walls. “The trauma of going forward was immense for everyone.” Click here to read the full article.
The Slam-Dunker: Cary McGehee plays above the rim
Cary McGehee ranks among Michigan's legal elite, but she has a confession: Her first love was basketball.
It started in sixth grade, when she played on a YMCA coed youth league.
At Bowling Green University, McGehee landed a scholarship to play basketball; she was voted MVP her senior year. Before law school, she played professionally with the Dallas Diamonds, helping her team nail the Women's American Basketball Association's national championship in 1985. Click here to read the full article.
As Michigan Layoffs Mount, Older Workers Allege Discrimination
The Detroit News
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington -- A stubbornly long recession is hitting thousands with layoffs, but many older workers see a different reason behind decisions about who should be let go: age discrimination.
The Michigan Department of Civil Rights reports a 77 percent increase in the number of people who contacted the agency claiming age discrimination over the past three years, from 703 in 2005 to 1,245 in 2008. Of those, all but 1 percent involved claims of discrimination at work. Click here to read the full article.
