NORMAN RIOPELLE V JEFFREY ZITTEL
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
NORMAN RIOPELLE,
UNPUBLISHED
May 20, 2008
Plaintiff-Appellant,
No. 275403
Genesee Circuit Court
LC No. 05-081732-CZ
v
JEFFREY ZITTEL, ANN MOSS, and LINDA
KINGSTON,
Defendants-Appellees.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and Borrello and Gleicher, JJ.
BORRELLO, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur with the majority that the trial court correctly dismissed plaintiff’s tort claims
based on governmental immunity. I further concur with the majority that plaintiff abandoned
any claim of error regarding the trial court’s dismissal of his Whistleblowers’ Protection Act
claim by failing to brief the merits of his allegations of error. I disagree, however, with the
majority’s decision to “reverse the trial court’s grant of summary disposition of plaintiff’s
Bullard-Plawecki act claim, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion
concerning both the Bullard-Plawecki act claim and plaintiff’s asserted violation of the HIPAA.”
I would affirm the trial court’s grant of summary disposition in all respects.
/s/ Stephen L. Borrello
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