Wolfe v. Central Mine Equipment Co.

WHITE, Judge.

In this jury-tried § 287.780 RSMo 1986 retaliatory discharge case, plaintiff Dennis Wolfe appeals a judgment against him. On appeal, plaintiff contends the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial; (2) “allowing improper evidence and argument of the questionable merits of Wolfe’s injuries and workers’ compensation claims, while keeping from the jury the contradictory res judicata findings of the Division of Workers’ Compensa tion”; and (3) submitting defendant’s converse instruction to the jury.…