Legal Opinion
Janet Hurst v. Kansas City, Missouri School District
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 29, 2014No. WD76534PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.
Appellant Kansas City, Missouri School District (“the District”) appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Jackson County in favor of Respondent Janet Hurst in the amount of $247,083.78 in actual damages and $200,000.00 in punitive damages. The award resulted from a suit filed by Respondent alleging that the District discriminated against her because of her age when it eliminated her position as a school psychological examiner and failed to hire her for the new reconstituted position of educational diagnostician. For the following reasons, the judgment is…
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