Green v. City of St. Louis

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Theodore Green, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of St. Louis City striking appellant’s claim for punitive damages from appellant’s single-count petition. A brief procedural history of this case is necessary for our decision.

On June 28, 1988, appellant filed a charge of discrimination against respondent, City of St. Louis, with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Appellant alleged that the respondent, through the *377St. Louis Airport Authority, his employer,1 discriminated against him regarding a disciplinary matter and a work…