The BUSKLAW May Newsletter: Oh, Fudge! Famous Interior Designer Sues Mackinac Island's Famous Grand Hotel
As reported by MLive and ABC 12 News , famous interior designer Carleton Varney has sued the new owners of Mackinac Island's famous Grand Hotel . ( Mackinac Island is also famous for its fudge , a guilty pleasure.) You would expect the lawsuit to be for breach of contract, i.e., the Grand Hotel's owners failed to pay Mr. Varney for his interior design services rendered. His relationship with the Hotel goes back about 43 years, and the Hotel was recently sold by its long-time family owners, the Mussers, to an international investment firm, KSL Capital Partners. But there will be no pondering of any design contract's terms, no assessment of facts that may or may not constitute breach of contract, no rumination over contractual issues. Because Varney's lawsuit is for damages arising from first, age discrimination , and second, conversion of his personal property. Although Varney's Complaint isn't available online (and a trip to the Washtenaw County Circuit