Legal Opinion
Rimmer v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided July 24, 1980No. 78-0576-CV-W-2PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
COLLINSON, District Judge.
In 1905, the State of Missouri adopted “an act for the protection of laboring men,” Mo.Laws 1905, p. 178, which required corporate employers, when requested, to provide their past employees with a letter stating the nature and character of service rendered by the employee and truly stating for what cause, if any, such employee had left the service of the corporation. That act, which has become known as the Missouri Service Letter Statute, provided that corporate officers who failed to issue the requested letter were subject to both a…
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