A divided Supreme Court of Missouri held that in order to make a submissible case for retaliatory discharge under § 287.780 R.S.Mo., an employee must demonstrate that his or her filing of a workers’ compensation claim was a “contributing factor”...
The Supreme Court reversed 16 years of precedent on a worker’s burden of proof to establish retaliatory discrimination after exercising his rights under the Missouri Worker’s Compensation Act. A worker no longer has to show that discrimination was an...
Missouri is back in the news as the Senate and Governor once again debate whether it is reasonable for an employer to be able to promptly determine if a job applicant has prior open or closed worker’s compensation cases. There they go again. On Feb. 13...
Claimant asserts his boss fired him because he had a worker’s compensation case, but he failed to convince a jury of that claim. He had a disagreement with his employer whether he should take a break to rest and elevate his foot before completing an urgent job...
State employees at the Missouri Department of Mental Health claimed they were harassed, intimidated, coerced and punished for pursuing worker's compensation cases and sought money and equitable relief. The circuit court found the plaintiffs could not pursue...