Cook v. Hussmann Corp.

PRICE, Judge.

Section 287.780, RSMo 1986,1 protects employees from retaliatory discharge or discrimination brought about by the employees’ exercise of rights granted by the Workers’ Compensation Act, Chapter 287, RSMo. We hold that neither federal nor Missouri law requires an employee to invoke or exhaust the grievance procedure in a collective bargaining agreement before filing suit under the statute. We accordingly reverse the summary judgment in favor of respondent, and remand.

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On review of a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, this Court views the record in the light most favorable…