NEWTON v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 82-1611.

700 F.2d 419 (1983)

Stephen W. NEWTON, Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed February 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kortenhof & Ely, Joseph M. Kortenhof, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Hale W. Brown and Hale W. Brown, Jr., Kirkwood, Mo., for appellant.

Before HEANEY, McMILLIAN, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an action under the Missouri service-letter statute, Mo.Ann.Stat. § 290.140. The question presented is whether the reason for plaintiff's discharge, stated in the service letter given to him by his employer, was sufficiently specific to comply with the statute. The District Court,* 538 F.Supp. 1035, held that the reason given was sufficiently specific, and granted summary judgment...

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