The Court of Appeals Western District has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an electrician can sue his former employer for not rehiring him after he filed a worker’s compensation claim.

Tagged with: Missouri Supreme Court Retaliation

Where appellant, a former canine officer, argued that a state prosecutor retaliated against him for seeking unpaid overtime compensation, there was no meaningful argument on his First Amendment claim, so the claim is waived, and the district court did not ...

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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 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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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