Judge Dismisses Wilkerson's Wrongful-Termination Suit Without Prejudice Over April 14 Firing
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Updated · MLive.com · Sep 25
Judge Dismisses Wilkerson's Wrongful-Termination Suit Without Prejudice Over April 14 Firing
2 articles · Updated · MLive.com · Sep 25
Summary
A late-August Washtenaw County order threw out Don Wilkerson’s wrongful-termination case against Rehmann Group without prejudice, allowing the former Ann Arbor school board treasurer to refile.
Wilkerson had argued Rehmann illegally fired him on April 14 under Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act because of a misdemeanor domestic-violence charge that was later dropped on June 1.
Rehmann countered in an Aug. 14 motion that Wilkerson was already on a performance improvement plan and had a longer record of missed deadlines and slow responses before his March 2026 arrest.
The dismissal lands as Wilkerson seeks a school board comeback in the November race for a partial term ending in 2028 after resigning in May, citing personal and family concerns.