Koszor v. Ferguson Reorganized School District R-2

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant, Ferguson Reorganized School District R-2, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, William Kos-zor, on his claim of discrimination in employment. We find the plaintiff has failed to make a submissible case and reverse.

We set forth the facts most favorable to plaintiff. In 1981 defendant hired plaintiff, a white male, to work as a custodian at McCluer High School in Florissant, Missouri. During the summer of 1988, one of the buildings on the McCluer campus was being renovated. Custodians were responsible for removing furniture no longer in use to make room for…