Court Grants University of Michigan AD’s Summary Judgment Motion

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has effectively dismissed the claim of a sports talk radio host, who claimed that University of Michigan AD William C. Martin had him fired by the radio station after he made disparaging comments about the school.   However, the court declined to grant Martin’s motion for sanctions.   Plaintiff David Shand was employed as a broadcaster in 2003 by a radio station, WTKA-AM 1050 (WTKA) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, until he was terminated