Kevin Rhodes, Appellant-Respondent, vs. Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Respondent-Appellant.

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc KEVIN RHODES, ) Opinion issued August 12, 2025, ) and modified on the Court’s own Appellant-Respondent, ) motion September 9, 2025 ) v. ) No. SC100998 ) MISSOURI HIGHWAYS and ) TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, ) ) Respondent-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY The Honorable J. Dale Youngs, Judge Former employee, Kevin Rhodes, and the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (“the commission”) both appeal the circuit court’s judgment following a jury verdict in Rhodes’s favor on his claims for hostile work environment and retaliation…