Where a sergeant sued members of the highway patrol claiming that adverse employment actions were taken against him in retaliation for his protected First Amendment speech, the district court properly found that the appellant failed to show a First Amendment ...

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A Jackson County jury has awarded a former maintenance worker for the Kansas City Water Services Department $790,000 in damages following a nearly two-week trial. On Feb. 6, the jury sided with Ronald E. Williams on his claims of retaliation ...

Tagged with: hostile work environment Kansas City Water Services Department Retaliation Ronald E. Williams

Where a former prisoner challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment on his claims of retaliation and due process violations stemming from a prison disciplinary proceeding, defendants may successfully defend a retaliatory-discipline claim by showing some evidence that the inmate ...

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St. Louis County agreed to a $10.25 million settlement to resolve claims by a gay St. Louis County police official who alleged that he was passed over for multiple promotions because he didn’t fit stereotypical male norms. The settlement comes ...

Tagged with: Keith Wildhaber Missouri Human Rights Act Retaliation Russ Riggan Sex Discrimination St. Louis County

Plaintiff was general manager for defendants when he learned from the finance director that customer financial information had been stolen from her. When the finance director engaged on a course to recover the information without alerting customers of the breach, ...

Tagged with: Demotion Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Retaliation

Where a university staff scientist, who suffered from herniated discs, sued the university and a supervisor for retaliation after her termination, on an issue of first impression the court finds that an accommodation request under the Missouri Human Rights Act ...

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A 2017 amendment to the Missouri Human Rights Act that widened the ability of prevailing parties to seek costs and attorneys’ fees does not apply retrospectively, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ruled. On Dec. 24, a three-judge ...

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A Cass County jury has awarded a white Belton woman $1.35 million in her suit against AT&T, in which she alleged that the company retaliated against her after she raised concerns about how her African American managers treated her. The ...

Tagged with: AT&T Baldwin & Vernon Retaliation

Where appellant challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment in his action claiming employment discrimination and retaliation, the district court did not err, and the motion to supplement the record is denied, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. ...

Tagged with: employment discrimination Retaliation

A St. Louis circuit judge properly granted a new trial in a gender-discrimination case that previously resulted in a $7.3 million verdict against United Parcel Service, a Missouri appeals court has ruled. On Nov. 26, a three-judge panel of the ...

Tagged with: gender-discrimination case Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Retaliation United Parcel Service

After a five-day trial, a St. Louis County Police Department sergeant won a nearly $20 million jury verdict on claims of sex/gender discrimination and retaliation under the Missouri Human Rights Act. Keith Wildhaber, who is gay and a 25-year veteran ...

Tagged with: employment Retaliation Sex Discrimination Sgt. Keith Wildhaber St. Louis County Circuit Court