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Supreme Court of Missouri· 2/9/2010

Fleshner v. Pepose Vision Institute, P.C.

Citations

  • 304 S.W.3d 81
  • 30 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 534
  • 2010 Mo. LEXIS 11
  • 2010 WL 444885

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  • finding that failure to object to evidence as it is admitted at trial does not preserve that issue for appellate review
  • stating that failing to recognize such an exception “would allow employers to discharge employees, without consequence, for doing that which is beneficial to society”
  • providing that the consideration of factors such as race is equally “reprehensible” even where an employer has other reasons for its decision
  • finding that a law prohibiting retaliation against employees who speak to state labor investigators regarding an employer’s payment of overtime compensation reflected a broader public policy encouraging communication with any government labor investigator, including federal investigators
  • stating that the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine has “no requirement that the violation that the employee reports affect the employee personally, nor that the law violated prohibit or penalize retaliation against those reporting its violation”
  • adopting the public policy exception because, otherwise, employers would be able “to discharge employees, without consequence, for doing that which is beneficial to society”

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Judges: Mary R. Russell

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