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Thompson v. Special School District of St. Louis County (MLW No. 79606/Case No. ED110852 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.) Appealed from Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. (Dorsey Thompson, appellant pro se) (Ross A. Kaplan, for respondent)

Mujakic v. Division of Employment Security (MLW No. 79607/Case No. ED110805 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.) Appealed from Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. (Smaila Mujakic, appellant pro se) (Sarah L. Devlin, for respondent)

Tisdell v. McDonough (MLW No. 79589/Case No. 21-3658 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Sachs, J.

Walker-Swinton v. Philander Smith College (MLW No. 79575/Case No. 22-1547 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Stras, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Baker, J. (Teresa Lynette Bloodman, Maumelle, AR argued for appellant) (Abtin Mehdizadegan, Little Rock, AR argued for appellee).

Myles v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (MLW No. 79593/Case No. 22-2736 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J.

Alhalabi v. Department of Corrections (MLW No. 79553/Case No. WD85012 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Chapman, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Callaway County, Harris, J. (Jeremiah Morgan, Jefferson City, and James Galbraith, St. Louis, for appellant) (Benjamin Westhoff, St. Louis, for respondent).

Core and Main, LP v. McCabe (MLW No. 79522/Case No. 22-1138 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Wright, J. (Kurt J. Erickson, of Minneapolis, MN, for appellant; Grant Daniel Goerke, of Minneapolis, MN, on the brief) (Samuel W. Diehl, of Minneapolis, MN, for appellee; Harry N. Niska, of Minneapolis, MN, on the brief)

Where a claimant challenged the denial of his claim against the Second Injury Fund for benefits, the claimant failed to meet his burden to show that he was permanently totally disabled due to a combination of his preexisting Parkinson’s disease ...

Tagged with: hearing loss SIF Liability Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where appellants argued that workers’ compensation awards were contrary to the overwhelming weight of the competent and substantial evidence, the arguments ignored the framework required under Hampton v. Big Boy Steel Erection, so the appellants’ arguments lacked persuasive or analytical ...

Tagged with: Challenge to Awards Framework Hampton

Where a doctor brought claims including racial discrimination and retaliation against his former employer, the employer did not waiver from its reason for termination, which was the doctor’s inability to get along with others, and the doctor did not show ...

Tagged with: racial discrimination Retaliation-Equitable Relief

Where appellant challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment in an employment discrimination action, the district court did not err in granting summary judgment. Judgment is affirmed. Reddix v. Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (MLW No. 74813/Case No. 19-1899 – ...

Tagged with: Adverse Summary Judgment discrimination