King v. Probate Division, Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis, 21st Judicial Circuit

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

A circuit court employee filed an action against the court seeking damages and other relief for employment discrimination, retaliatory discharge, and wrongftd discharge. Employee claims that the trial court erred in dismissing her retaliatory discharge claim. The sole issue is whether sovereign immunity bars a state employee’s retaliatory discharge claim under the Workers’ Compensation Law, Section 287.010 et seq. RSMo (1994). We hold that it does and affirm.

In her retaliatory discharge count, plaintiff, Pamela King, alleged that, while she was employed full-time as an…