Section 213

Citation: Section 213
Parent Document: Keeney v. Hereford Concrete Products, Inc., 911 S.W.2d 622 (1995)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 1995-12-19
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1666983/keeney-v-hereford-concrete-prod... ↗

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Section 213.070 prohibits retaliation "in any manner." To retaliate is to "inflict in return." Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1938 (1976). As used in the statute, retaliation includes any act done for the purpose of reprisal that results in damage to the plaintiff even though the act is not otherwise the subject of a claim in contract or tort. Retaliation does not require that a contractual relationship exist between the alleged victim of retaliation and the alleged perpetrator. It merely requires the commission or omission of an act as a quid pro quo for the filing of a complaint before the Commission. While the statutory language is broad enough to give us pause, it is unambiguous and consistent with the purposes of chapter 213. The trial court erred in concluding otherwise. C.

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