NEWMAN v. GREATER KANSAS CITY BAPTIST, ETC.

No. KCD 30340.

604 S.W.2d 619 (1980)

Paula R. NEWMAN, by her Next Friend, Paul Newman, Respondent, v. GREATER KANSAS CITY BAPTIST AND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, d/b/a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Hospital, a corporation, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied September 2, 1980.

Application to Transfer Denied October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Shafer, Jr., Herman M. Shaffer, Kansas City, for appellant.

Bert H. Jacob, Kansas City, for respondent.

Before TURNAGE, P. J., and SHANGLER and MANFORD, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied September 2, 1980.

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appeal comes from a judgment on a jury award for $5,000 actual and $8,000 punitive damages for noncompliance with service letter § 290.140, RSMo 1978.

The plaintiff Newman was employed for part-time duty as a nurse's aide by the defendant Greater Kansas City Baptist and Community Hospital Association. Her employment began on March 4, 1975, and...

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