6th Circuit: Immunity, Prior Settlement Bar Researcher’s Bias, Retaliation Claims

Mealey's (October 30, 2019, 9:19 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A former university medical researcher who claimed that she was subjected to retaliation about reporting misconduct and was fired due to her gender and nationality failed to show that the university, as an arm of the state of Michigan, waived its immunity or that an earlier settlement with the university didn’t bar her claims, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 17 (Yusong Gong v. University of Michigan, et al., No. 19-1068, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 31065)....