Kirk v. Mercy Hospital Tri-County

MONTGOMERY, Presiding Judge.

Pauline Kirk (hereinafter Plaintiff) appeals from the circuit court’s judgment which sustained a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Defendant Mercy Hospital Tri-County (hereinafter Hospital). 1 Seeking reversal, Plaintiff’s single point contends the trial court erroneously interpreted (a) the law in concluding “Missouri’s public doctrine is too narrowly defined to allow a true public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine,” and (b) the law and facts in concluding there is “no clear mandate in law or regulation prohibiting the actions of the…