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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)

Citation
Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)
Parent Document
Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
2018-02-06

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White's report included summaries of interviews with Johnson, Mignone, and other Department employees with knowledge of Johnson's August 2012 interviews of Mignone. None of these interview summaries were subject to the Department's objection. Those unobjected-to interview summaries were obviously relevant to Mignone's retaliation claim based on Johnson's interviews. The circuit court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the probative value of the report as a whole was not outweighed by any danger of confusing the jury based on the report's conclusions. The report makes clear that White's investigation only "partially substantiated" Mignone's allegations. In particular, White emphasized that she "was unable to substantiate whether Mr. Johnson acted in an intimidating manner towards COI J. Mi[g]none due to her protected class." Instead, White concluded only that Johnson violated Department policies by failing to treat information developed during his investigation as confidential; by failing to hold himself to an appropriate standard of conduct by using profanity, and derogatory and aggressive language, during his interviews of Mignone and others; and by not being fully truthful during the investigation. It would have been clear to the jury that White's report did not come to any conclusion on the issue they were required to decide with respect to Johnson's interviews of Mignone: whether Johnson conducted those interviews in a hostile manner in retaliation for Mignone's complaint of sexual harassment by Nuckols. Point IV is denied. III.