NEWSOME v. KS CITY, MO SCHOOL DIST.

No. SC 95538.

520 S.W.3d 769 (2017)

Cary NEWSOME, Respondent, v. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The school district was represented by Tyson H. Ketchum and Jeffery T. McPherson of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in Kansas City, (816) 221-3420; and Shana J. Long and Ivan L. Nugent of the school district's legal services department in Kansas City, (816) 418-7610.

Newsome was represented by Eric W. Smith , Rik N. Siro , Athena M. Dickson and Raymond A. Dake of Siro Smith Dickson PC in Kansas City, (816) 471-4881.


The Kansas City School District appeals the circuit court's judgment awarding Cary Newsome $500,000 in damages on his claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The District argues the circuit court erred in: (1) overruling its motion for judgment notwithstanding...

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