Barnes v. International Business MacHines Corp. ( 1995 )

White, P.J.

(concurring). I join in the opinion per curiam but write separately to state that I do not do so on the basis that venue of a civil rights action is proper only in the county where the discriminatory decision is made. Discrimination also "occurs,” MCL 38.2801; MSA 3.548(801), in the county where the decision is implemented and the discrimination is inflicted.¹ In the instant case, however, while plaintiff performed some work activities in Wayne County, that was not the locus of his employment, so that it does not appear that decisions made elsewhere were implemented, and discrimination was inflicted, in Wayne County, as distinguished from effects being felt there._

1 For example, an employee who works for a chain store in Berrien County need not sue in Wayne County regarding an alleged discriminatory decision made at corporate headquarters in Wayne County and implemented in Berrien County.