age discrimination

Jul 6, 2026

COA reverses summary judgment on discrimination claims

The Western District revived employment discrimination claims against Jackson County, finding factual disputes barred summary judgment.

Dec 31, 2025

Jury sides with federal contractor in age discrimination suit

A 20-year federal contractor who was fired from her job at an Independence document storage facility in 2023 will receive nearly $600,000 in damages and lost wages after a federal jury sided with the 58-year-old woman in an age discrimination complaint.

Dec 17, 2025

‘Old-timers’ purge costs Missouri DOC $3M in age discrimination case

A 61-year-old budgetary director will take home a $3 million award against the Missouri Department of Corrections after a jury found the agency’s new leadership discriminated against him based on age.

Dec 6, 2022

Jackson County to pay $5.3 million for age discrimination

Jackson County will pay $5.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former sheriff's deputy who said he was fired because of his age and health conditions.

Jan 3, 2020

Employment: Age Discrimination-Writ of Prohibition

Anheuser-Busch LLC sought a writ of prohibition to dismiss the age-discrimination and retaliation suit filed by its former regional sales manager, John Esser. Anheuser-Busch argued that, as an Iowa resident […]

Jan 3, 2020

Employment: Age Discrimination-Out-of-State Employee

Plaintiff, an Illinois resident, appealed the dismissal of his age-discrimination and retaliation suit against defendants, his Missouri-based former employer. The trial court dismissed the suit after defendants argued that Missouri’s […]

Dec 6, 2019

Employment: Age Discrimination-Mandatory-Retirement Age-Law-Firm Defendant

Where a law-firm partner brought an action challenging a law firm’s mandatory retirement policy, the judgment for the law firm is affirmed because as an equity partner with various rights […]

Aug 13, 2019

Employment Law: Sex Discrimination-Age Discrimination-Failure to Promote

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, her employer, alleging that she was effectively demoted and repeatedly denied promotions based on age and sex discrimination. The district court granted summary judgment to […]

Jul 2, 2019

Employment Law: Gender Discrimination-Age Discrimination-Pay Discrimination

Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, her employer, in response to defendant cutting plaintiff’s pay and contract after experiencing budget issues. Plaintiff alleged that another male employee with similar duties received […]

Mar 18, 2019

Employment Law: Age Discrimination-Retaliation-Pretext

Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII complaint, arguing that the district court erroneously granted adverse summary judgment on his discrimination and retaliation […]

Jan 11, 2019

Employer-Employee: Age Discrimination-Voir Dire-Punitive Damages

Plaintiff alleged defendants violated the Missouri Human Rights Act by failing to promote her when she was age 55 over younger, less qualified persons, and retaliated against her by prematurely […]

Sep 14, 2018