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 ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has upheld an $8.5 million jury verdict and granted attorneys’ fees on appeal for a St. Joseph employee of Laclede Gas Co. who accused the company of racial discrimination and retaliation. On April ...

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Where the mother of a child, who had been called a racially derogatory name by a substitute teacher, sued the school district and the temporary service that employed the teacher, the trial court erred by applying a direct negligence standard ...

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An African American medical technician at a Kansas City hospital alleges in a lawsuit that a white co-worker called him “boy” and referred to another black employee as “Aunt Jemima.” Trevor Baston accuses St. Luke’s Physician Group and St. Luke’s ...

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An African American medical technician at a Kansas City hospital alleges in a lawsuit that a white co-worker called him “boy” and referred to another black employee as “Aunt Jemima.” Trevor Baston accuses St. Luke’s Physician Group and St. Luke’s ...

Tagged with: Aunt Jemima lawsuit Kansas City discrimination lawsuit racial discrimination St. Luke's Health System St. Luke's Physician Group Trevor Baston

An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. ...

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An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. ...

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  Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, his employer, claiming a hostile work environment created by his manager’s racist comments and racially motivated decision-making. The jury found for plaintiff, awarding nominal compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages to him. On ...

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Plaintiff owned a building on property leased from Minot International Airport. Plaintiff was offered a subsequent lease; upon comparing leases with other tenants at the airport, plaintiff concluded that defendants had offered her Inferior lease terms on account of her ...

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Kansas City officials have approved settlements totaling $544,000 for two city employees who claimed discrimination.

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A Jackson County jury awarded a Kansas City firefighter $90,000 plus attorneys’ fees and costs in an employment case centering on alleged racial slurs and ostracism.

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