Legal Opinion
Hummel v. St. Charles City R-3 School District
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 2003No. ED 80787PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.
Sandra Hummel appeals the judgment dismissing her retaliatory discharge claim against the St. Charles City R-3 School District on grounds of sovereign immunity. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND Hummel filed a petition alleging that the School District fired her in retaliation for exercising her rights under the workers’ compensation law, a violation of section 287.780 RSMo 2000. 1 The School District answered and then moved to dismiss the petition with prejudice on the grounds that, under section 537.600, et seq., the district was a public entity entitled to sovereign…
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