Linda Jasperson, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Purolator Courier Corp., Appellee/cross-Appellant

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Linda Jasperson was awarded $4,000.00 in actual damages in a service letter 1 suit she brought against Purolator Courier Corporation on the grounds that the letter did not state the true reason for her discharge. She now appeals the district court’s 2 refusal to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. Purolator cross-appeals, arguing that Jasperson was entitled at most to nominal damages of one dollar. The case largely turns on whether Missouri’s amended service letter statute (which was enacted after the facts giving rise to Jasperson’s claim but…