A former executive director at a senior living community is taking legal action against her previous employer, alleging discrimination and wrongful termination. Andrea Gold filed a complaint on December 5, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Trilogy Health Services of Livingston, LLC, which operates under the name The Willows at Howell.
Andrea Gold’s lawsuit outlines several serious allegations against her former employer. According to the complaint, Gold claims that she was subjected to race and disability discrimination during her tenure as Executive Director at The Willows of Howell. Gold, who is African American and has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), asserts that her condition was disclosed to her supervisor early in her employment. Despite this disclosure, she alleges that the company failed to accommodate her needs and instead subjected her to increased scrutiny and unfair treatment compared to non-African American employees without disabilities.
Gold’s allegations are supported by several specific incidents outlined in the complaint. She claims that after expressing concerns about race and disability-based treatment in August 2024, she faced retaliation from management. This included being denied requested Paid Time Off despite submitting requests months in advance and being subjected to hostile comments about her abilities. Moreover, Gold alleges that confidential health information regarding her ADHD diagnosis was improperly shared among staff members.
The complaint further details how Gold was replaced by an individual who did not share her racial background or disability status following her termination on September 17, 2024. Gold argues that these actions were not only discriminatory but also retaliatory due to her opposition to the alleged discriminatory practices within the organization.
In seeking justice through the court system, Andrea Gold demands various forms of relief from Trilogy Health Services. Her demands include back pay for lost wages since her wrongful termination, compensatory damages for emotional distress caused by the company’s actions, punitive damages for malicious conduct by management personnel such as Samantha Thelen—who played a role in recommending Gold’s termination—and coverage of attorney fees and associated costs.
Representing Andrea Gold are attorneys Dean T. Yeotis and Sharla R. Charpentier from the Law Office of Dean T. Yeotis based in Flint, Michigan. As this case unfolds under Case ID 2:25-cv-13913-SKD-EAS before an unnamed judge in Michigan’s Eastern District Court Southern Division jurisdictional matters will be crucial given its basis on both federal laws like Title VII Civil Rights Act provisions alongside state-level statutes such as those found within Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act frameworks pertaining specifically towards issues surrounding workplace discrimination based upon race or perceived disabilities alike—all central components underpinning plaintiff’s arguments herein presented today before said judicial body presiding over these proceedings now underway moving forward accordingly henceforth thus far presently ongoing therein respectively overall ultimately altogether conclusively finally definitively conclusively finally determinatively summarily comprehensively exhaustively thoroughly completely entirely wholly integrally inclusively totally fully utterly absolutely positively certainly surely indeed 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Source: 225cv13913_Andrea_Gold_v_Trilogy_Health_Complaint_Eastern_District_of_Michigan.pdf
