Timothy Walsh v. City of Kansas City, Missouri

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• stating that the failure to move “for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence waives any contention that plaintiff failed to prove a submissible case”
• noting that a “prevailing party” is “one who prevails in an action brought under the MHRA, is awarded attorney fees by the trial court, and who successfully defends that favorable judgment on appeal” (citations omitted)
• refusing to consider claim on appeal that the plaintiff did not make a submissible case for punitive damages where the appellant failed to raise the issue in a motion for directed verdict at the close of all evidence
• the plaintiff suffered damages from a retaliatory act in the form of a denial of work opportunities
• explaining retaliate literally means to “inflict in return”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).