John Templemire v. W&M Welding, Inc.

GEORGE W. DRAPER III, Judge.

John Templemire (hereinafter, “Tem-plemire”) appeals from a jury verdict entered in favor of W & M Welding, Inc. (hereinafter, “Employer”) on Temple-mire’s claim of retaliatory discharge in violation of section 287.780, RSMo 2000,1 after Templemire sought workers’ compensation benefits and was discharged from his employment. Templemire raises two claims of instructional error regarding: (1) the proper causation standard an employee must demonstrate to make a prima facie case for retaliatory discharge under this statute and (2) whether an employee is entitled to…