Legal Opinion
Bresnahan v. May Department Stores Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 17, 1987No. 68688PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, Judge.
The Court granted transfer of this case after the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, ruled that collateral estoppel barred plaintiffs claims against her former employer because a key fact issue had been ruled adversely to plaintiff in an administrative proceeding.
The trial court entered judgment against plaintiff on her claim for punitive damages but let stand the jury’s award of actual damages in her favor. Both parties appealed. The court of appeals reversed the actual damage award on the collateral estoppel ground and noted the punitive damage issue was without…
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