Legal Opinion
Hanch v. K. F. C. National Management Corp.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 6, 1981No. 62647PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Judge.
This appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis was transferred to this Court by the Eastern District of the Court of Appeals prior to opinion.
David Hanch, respondent, filed suit against K.F.C. National Management Corporation, appellant, seeking actual and punitive damages for its alleged violation of § 290.140, RSMo 1978, commonly referred to as the “service letter” statute and which, in part, provides:
Whenever any employee of any corporation doing business in this state shall be *30discharged or voluntarily quit the service of such corporation, it shall be the duty of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States ex rel. Lawrence v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Martha POE, Appellant, v. JOHN DEERE COMPANY, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Linda Jasperson, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Purolator Courier Corp., Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- State v. MaloneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Futrell v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Arie v. Intertherm, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1983
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