Court Opinion

ID: 9461895
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:27:02.01263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:18.518578
License: Public Domain

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge
(concurring):
In affirming this award, I in no way intend any approval of the wisdom of the “service letter” statute or of its construction by the Missouri courts. As construed by the Missouri courts, the statute in this case enables a discharged employee to merely present evidence to a jury disputing the reasons given him for discharge by his employer and, thereby, in ^effect, permit a jury to award actual and punitive damages for a job ill-performed by the employee.
Here the jury passed upon an issue of fact properly tendered to it. While this court may not agree with the jury award, our review function does not permit us to set aside an award which is supported by substantial, but disputed, evidence.