Hansome v. Northwestern Cooperage Co.

BILLINGS, Judge.

Statutory action for wrongful discharge as a result of plaintiff Hansome’s exercise of his rights under the Missouri Worker’s Compensation Act. Chapter 287, RSMo 1978. A jury awarded plaintiff $2,464.80 in actual damages and $35,000 in punitive damages. The Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reversed and held plaintiff failed to establish a submissible case. We granted transfer for conflict with the standard of review1 and review the ease as an original appeal, Mo. Const, art. V, § 10. We affirm.

In reviewing the submissibility issue, we consider the evidence in the light most…