Richardson v. Sherwood

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

Traycie Sherwood, a probation officer with the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Clay County determining that she tortiously interfered with the employment relationship of one of the probationers she supervised, Bryan K. Richardson, by informing Richardson’s employer that Richardson was then using drugs. Mr. Richardson contended that the information communicated was false. He also contended that the communication of the information, even if not false, was a violation of her statutory duty not to disclose…