{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"colleen-spurlock","displayName":"Colleen Spurlock","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85580:2023-04-18","opinionId":"aecee94e-8807-59da-a53d-38011e341820","slug":"colleen-spurlock-v-city-of-columbia-missouri-d85580","caseName":"Colleen Spurlock\nvs.\nCity of Columbia, Missouri","caseNumber":"WD85580","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-04-18","year":2023,"display_summary":"Colleen Spurlock sued the City of Columbia, Missouri, her former employer, alleging retaliation under Missouri's public-employee whistleblower statute. The trial court dismissed her petition with prejudice. The appellate court reversed, holding that the City lacked standing to challenge the statute's constitutionality on vagueness grounds and that Spurlock had sufficiently pleaded facts to establish a claim under the whistleblower statute regarding disclosure, abuse of authority, and disciplinary action.","primaryTopic":"employment-law","topicSlugs":["employment-law","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","governmental-immunity"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=194543","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/colleen-spurlock-v-city-of-columbia-missouri-d85580","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law","text: employer","text: retaliation","text: employee"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}