Shawcross v. Pyro Products, Inc.

AHRENS, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the circuit court’s dismissal of their petition for wrongful discharge against their employer under Missouri’s public policy exception to the employment at-will doctrine for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiffs alleged defendant violated public policy by filing them in retaliation for filing complaints regarding the safety problems in defendant’s factory. We reverse and remand.

In reviewing a trial court’s dismissal of an action, “we accept as true the facts properly pleaded, giving the averments a liberal construction…