Igoe v. Department of Labor & Industrial Relations

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

After the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations twice rejected John Igoe’s applications to be an administrative law judge or a legal advisor for the Division of Workers’ Compensation, Igoe sued the department, alleging claims of age and sex discrimination and retaliation.1 A jury returned a verdict for the department, and Igoe appeals. He asserts that he is entitled to a new trial or, in the alternative, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. He argues that the circuit court erroneously allowed John Beakley, a member of the late Governor Mel Carnahan’s staff, to…