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A recent decision by the Missouri Supreme Court can be considered a victory for Missouri workers. The court ruled on a case that lowers the employee’s needed burden of proof when filing claims for retaliation after making workers’ compensation claims. This is covered in the Missouri Statutes under Section 287.780. Under the prior rules, for an employee to prevail, he…
Eye surgery is supposed to help individuals in Missouri who have poor vision to improve their ability to see. Unfortunately, doctor errors may occur and result in complications. A woman is suing an optometry clinic after she said she had to reportedly undergo unnecessary surgeries. The woman went to the clinic in March 2013 because her vision was deteriorating. She…
The sheriff of Osage County recently entered a plea of guilty to a single count of harassment to avoid a trial on more serious charges that included third-degree assault, stalking, tampering with a motor vehicle and sexual misconduct. When accepting his plea, the judge ordered that the sheriff complete two years of probation, undergo periodic alcohol and drug evaluations, receive…
Some workers in Missouri could be impacted if approximately 140 religious leaders and those advocating for religious freedom get their way. They have signed a letter to the president requesting that he exempt faith-based groups from his executive orders that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered federally contracted government workers from discrimination. Executive orders focusing on workplace discrimination against this…
On the last day of June, a Supreme Court split decision ruled in the favor of corporations, determining that some for-profit companies will not be required to pick up the tab for certain kinds of contraceptives used by their employees. Considered a blow to employee rights all across the nation, the Court’s decision was split 5 – 4 on ideological…
A Missouri firefighter who was off-duty was killed in March in a tragic car accident. Apparently, the 39-year-old woman who is said to have caused the accident was attempting to pass another vehicle on the highway. Her Audi vehicle struck the front of a Dodge Caliber, which was driven by the 49-year-old firefighter. The woman was reportedly intoxicated at the…
When a Missouri individual is feeling ill, it can be a very worrisome time. It gets worse when a person visits the doctor and undergoes several tests only to be sent home with no answers. This is what happened to a man in another state whose family has stated that a physician’s failure to diagnose led to his death. Now,…
The former chief financial officer of the St. Joseph School District has recently filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the district in Buchanan County Circuit Court. The school district’s attorney filed his response to the lawsuit, denying almost all of the allegations. The former financial officer claims in his petition that on his second day on the job, he discovered…
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League, was taken by the St. Louis Rams in the 7th round. Greg Robinson, a tackle who played his college ball at Auburn, was the first player that the Rams selected. Both of them recently went to the Rookie Symposium. There are four main points that…
In Missouri and many other states, the governments have been attempting to help the local economies in the wake of the overall recession in the United States. Multiple steps are often taken to do this. Some of these steps include reducing the amount of income tax that people have to pay, reducing aid to those who are jobless for an…