A new decision from the Missouri Supreme Court will make it easier for employees to succeed in a claim of workers\u2019 compensation retaliation.<\/p>\n
According to the ruling, an employee need only show that the filing of the claim was a contributory factor in a dismissal or unfavorable job action. Previously, claimants in Missouri needed to prove that a workers\u2019 compensation claim was the sole factor in a negative job action. <\/p>\n
The relevant case, Templemire v. W & M Welding, Inc., No. SC93132, was brought by John Templemire, a painter who claimed that his company had fired him in part because of a workers\u2019 compensation claim that he had filed.<\/p>\n
The case had been decided in favor of the employer, W & M Welding, both in the lower court and in the Missouri Court of Appeals, on the grounds that Templemire had not shown that his workers\u2019 compensation claim was the exclusive factor in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new decision from the Missouri Supreme Court will make it easier for employees to succeed in a claim of workers\u2019 compensation retaliation. According to the ruling, an employee need only show that the filing of the claim was a…<\/span><\/p>\n