Court Rejects Injured Worker's Claim of Retaliatory Termination

The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a former public university employee failed to prove she had been terminated in retaliation for her pursuit of workers’ compensation benefits. Case: Wille v. Curators of the University of Missouri, No. ED109082, 03/23/2021, published. Facts: Melinda Wille worked for the University of Missouri Extension as the project director for its Family Nutrition and Education Program. Her job duties included supervising a staff of nutrition program associates and providing nutrition and health programming to St. Louis County, Jefferson County, St. Charles Co...