Plaintiff appealed the adverse grant of summary judgment in her action under the Missouri Human Rights Act. The trail court ruled that defendants did not employ six or more employees and therefore did not qualify as an “employer” under the ...

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  The Simon Law Firm rarely hires anyone fresh out of law school. They made an exception for Patrick McPhail, who graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2017. And after only 18 months as an attorney at ...

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E.P.M., Inc. v. Buckman, et al. (Case No. WD70161/WD70163 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a manufacturer’s representative filed for unemployment compensation benefits and the application was challenged by the employer, who argued that ...

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Most people would agree that employers shouldn’t try to regulate the off-duty ethical or moral conduct of their employees. But it’s a complicated issue. Certainly there are some kinds of jobs that are so closely aligned with the employer and ...

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A Kansas City doctor won a jury verdict Friday on claims that his employer tried to classify him as an independent contractor to save on health costs. The jury returned two verdicts of $406,072 and $300,000 for Dr. Stanley Brand, ...

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A Johnson County jury returned a complete defense verdict for a driver and his employer, whose flatbed truck was rear-ended after it pulled out onto the highway near Elm. The plaintiff, who suffered extensive brain injuries as a result of ...

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An employee injured in a rear-end collision has reached a $1.02 million settlement with the other motorist and the employer’s underinsured motorist carrier. The confidential parties settled before litigation was filed. The plaintiff was painting highway lines from the back ...

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