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Staff Report//April 1, 2026//
Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her complaint against defendant, her employer, which alleged disability discrimination, gender-pregnancy discrimination and hostile work environment in violation of the Missouri Human
Rights Act.
Where plaintiff failed to show that she was disabled as defined by the MHRA, her disability discrimination claims failed, and she also failed to plead sufficient facts support a gender-pregnancy hostile work environment claim. However, plaintiff had exhausted her administrative remedies on her gender-pregnancy discrimination claim, so the trial court erred in dismissing that claim based on its finding that plaintiff had not exhausted her administrative remedies and in not granting plaintiff leave to amend her complaint.
Judgment is affirmed in part, vacated and remanded in part.
Elder v. The Washington University-St. Louis (MLW No. 84548/Case No. ED113610 – 41 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Albus, J. (Jeremy Daniel Hollingshead for appellant) (Kevin Anthony Sullivan for respondent)
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