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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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LULA ELEZOVIC, Plaintiff-Appellant, LULA ELEZOVIC, Plaintiff-Appellant, and JOSEPH ELEZOVIC, Plaintiff, v FORD MOTOR COMPANY and DANIEL P. BENNETT, Defendants-Appellees. _______________________________ BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH TAYLOR, C.J.

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Clifford W. Taylor

Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman

FILEDDDAnd FILED JUNE 1, 2005

No. 125166

At issue in this case is (1) whether the Michigan Civil Rights Act (CRA)1 provides a cause of action against an individual agent of an employer and (2) whether

plaintiff's employer, Ford Motor Company, was entitled to a

1

MCL 37.2101 et seq.

directed verdict in plaintiff's sexual harassment lawsuit against it. We hold that an agent may be individually sued under

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