Kunzie v. City of Olivette

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• recognizing that city employee could bring a contractual claim for wrongful discharge
• recognizing that city employee could bring a contractual claim for wrongful discharge
• sovereign immunity barred whistleblower claim for retaliatory discharge and wrongful termination in violation of public policy brought by former director of the municipal public works department and building commission
• sovereign immunity barred whistleblower claim for retaliatory discharge and wrongful termination in violation of public policy brought by former director of the municipal public works department and building commission
• “If the city maintains insurance that covers these types of claims, then it will have waived its immunity under [S]ection 537.610 for the specific purpose of and to the extent of its insurance coverage”
• Plaintiff’s allegations “that the city maintains liability insurance ‘to handle the consequences of employment related actions brought against them’” sufficiently plead the insurance-waiver provision at the motion to dismiss stage

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