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With rigorous preparation and unwavering dedication, Employee Rights Law Firm has successfully defended the rights of mistreated employees across Kansas City. We are honored to provide truthful representation for individuals who have been discriminated against. You can read about some of our landmark cases below! If you need a dependable and experienced attorney, contact us today!

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April 3, 2008 - Jury verdict for $633,333 in actual damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages for race discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act in Howard v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 07AE-CV02320, Platte County Circuit Court. After the addition of interest, costs and attorneys' fees, the Court entered judgment on June 19, 2008 for $2.44 million. The firm's client, Melissa Howard, contended the City Council for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, refused three separate times to consider her and two other Caucasian females for employment as a municipal judge because of their race. The City has appealed and the case is now being considered by a panel of judges specially appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court.


April 25, 2009 – Jury verdict for $6500 plus attorneys' fees to be added later in Defenbaugh v. WINCO Fireworks International, LCC and Ralph Apel, Case No. 06-CV-02516-CM-JPO, United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Ms. Defenbaugh claimed she was fired because she requested leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. After trial, the parties settled the case for $100,000.


In addition to Mark's trial work, on June 30, 2008, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District (sitting en banc) reversed and remanded an order by the trial court: 1) requiring the firm's client to arbitrate her claims and, 2) upholding the arbitrator's decision that our client's claims be dismissed with prejudice because of an extra-statutory 30 day deadline in Hallmark's mandatory arbitration agreement. Morrow v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., S.W.3d, 2008 WL 2582662 (Mo.App.W.D. 6/30/2008 en banc). That case is now pending in Jackson County Circuit Court, where Ms. Morrow is anxious to have her claims tried before a jury of her peers.

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