Legal Opinion

Woods v. Kansas City Club

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 14, 1964No. 50766PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENLEY, Judge.

This is an action for actual and punitive damages for alleged failure of the defendant corporation, as the former employer, to furnish plaintiff, as the discharged former employee, a so-called service letter in compliance with § 290.140, RSMo 1959, V.A. M.S. We will continue to refer to the parties by the designation they bore in the trial court.

The verdict and judgment was for plaintiff for One Cent actual damages and Fifteen Thousand Dollars punitive damages. A voluntary remittitur by plaintiff of One Dollar of the punitive damages reduced the final judgment to One Cent ac…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Goodman v. Allen Cab Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  2. Loveless v. Locke Distributing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. Bushman v. BushmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
  4. Sullivan v. HanleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
  5. Overton Ex Rel. Overton v. TessonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hanch v. K. F. C. National Management Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  2. Schmidt v. Central Hardware CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. Wilkerson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. Caudle v. KelleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Cumby v. Farmland Industries, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1975

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