Legal Opinion
Larry Phillips v. Cathy Collings
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2001No. 00-2176PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, District Judge.
Cathy Collings (“Collings”) appeals the district court’s 2 denial of her motion for judgment as a matter of law, and in the alternative, the denial of her motion for a new trial in this civil rights action filed by Larry Phillips (“Phillips”). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1994, Phillips was hired as a social service worker by the State of Missouri in the Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services (“DFS”). Phillips was assigned to the Kansas City office in the foster care division licensing unit, a job that entañed recruiting, interviewing and licensing…
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