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Employment Law

Sep 7, 2023

Employer – Employee: Termination-Fifth Amendment

Foltz v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 80477/Case No. ED111086 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Torbitzky, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, McGraugh, J. (Jonathan N. Bruntrager and Mary L. Bruntrager for appellant) (Kelly Lynn Camilleri and Alexis L. Silsbe for respondent).

Aug 31, 2023

Workers’ Compensation: Second Injury Fund-Medical Bills-Attorney Fees

State ex rel. Jeff Peters & John Newman v. Fitzpatrick (MLW No. 80459/Case No. WD85719 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Chapman, J.) Appealed from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Jeffrey Bauer, Springfield, for appellant-respondent) (Robert Schaeffer, Springfield, for respondent-appellant).

Aug 31, 2023

Workers’ Compensation: Business Records Exception-Medical Bills-Attorney Fees

Roe v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. (MLW No. 80455/Case No. WD86109 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Sutton, J.) Appealed from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Devin Mirfasihi, Kansas City, MO for appellant) (Paul Larimore, St. Louis, for respondent).

Aug 31, 2023

Unemployment Compensation: Dismissal Of Claim-Failure To Raise Issue

Herrmann v. Division of Employment Security (MLW No. 80458/Case No. WD85823 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Appealed from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (James F. Herrmann, pro se) (Bart A. Matanic, Jefferson City, for respondent).

Aug 31, 2023

Employer-Employee: Title VII-Individual Liability-Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

Watkins v. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. (MLW No. 80440/Case No. 23-2649 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Schreier, J.        

Aug 31, 2023

Employer-Employee: Discrimination-Settlement Agreement-Enforceability

Dirkzwager v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (MLW No. 80434/Case No. 22-3657 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hovland, J. 

Aug 31, 2023

Employer-Employee: Discrimination-Retaliation-ADA

Anderson v. KAR Global (MLW No. 80443/Case No. 22-2808 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Sachs, J. (Kevin A. Todd, of Kansas City, MO for appellant; Brad K. Thoenen, of Kansas City, MO and John J. Ziegelmeyer, III, of Kansas City, MO on the brief) (Jeffrey D. Hanslick, of Kansas City, MO for appellee; Dyla[...]

Aug 23, 2023

Employer – Employee: Disability Discrimination-Workers’ Compensation Retaliation-MHRA

Ashby v. Woodridge of Missouri, Inc. (MLW No. 80419/Case No. SD37420 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Growcock, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Pulaski County, Beger, J. (Raymond Benjamin Lampert, Springfield for appellant) (Jessica Lauren Liss and Morgan Elizabeth Knott, St. Louis for respondent).

Aug 23, 2023

Employer – Employee: Retaliation-Title VII-Protected Activity

Warren v. Kemp (MLW No. 80425/Case No. 22-2067 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Miller, J. (William Cody Kees, Little Rock, AR argued for appellant) (Terrence Cain, Little Rock, AR argued for appellee).

Aug 23, 2023

Employer – Employee: Race Discrimination-Battery

Yang v. Robert Half International, Inc. (MLW No. 80426/Case No. 22-2592 – 20 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Erickson, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Brase, J. (May Yang, St. Paul, MN pro se) (Dayle Nolan and Richard Henry Pfutzenreuter, Minneapolis, MN argued for appellees).

Aug 18, 2023

Employer-Employee: Wage and Hour Claims-Rounding Off Time-Reasonableness of Sentence

Houston v. Saint Luke’s Health System, Inc. (MLW No. 80360/Case No. 22-1862 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Wimes, J. (Colin R. Reeves, of Brooklyn, NY for appellant; Adam W. Hansen of Minneapolis, MN; Ryan L. McClelland of Liberty, MO; and Matthew E. Osman, of Overland Park, KS on the brief) (Rober[...]

Aug 10, 2023

Employer-Employee: Wrongful Death Action-Workplace Toxic Exposure-Exclusion of Expert Testimony

Lancaster v. BNSF Railway Company (MLW No. 80309/Case No. 21-3366 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kobes, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Gerrard, J. (Jonathan Theodore Sternberg, of Kansas City, MO for appellant; Shawn M. Sassman, of Conshohocken, PA on the brief) (Dale Schowengerdt, of Helena, MT for appellee)

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