A case involving the Kalamazoo County Road Commission may wind up before the U.S Supreme Court.
The online publication SCOTUS Blog says the high court will soon decide Friday if it will consider the case. It involves a former Road Commission employee who sued after he was fired when he took sick leave. Robert Deleon says he was forced out because of poor working conditions inside the Commission's garage that affected a chronic illness. A federal judge in western Michigan rejected the claim but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overturned that ruling.
The Road Commission appealed the reversal in Deleon's favor and the case is now on the agenda for the Supreme Court's regular scheduling conference December 12th.
