{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"hutcheson-enterprises-inc-and-title-cash-of-missouri-inc-defendants","displayName":"HUTCHESON ENTERPRISES, INC. and TITLE CASH OF MISSOURI, INC., Defendants-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38072:2024-09-30","opinionId":"47616f11-ee95-55c5-9293-3d472a9be7f7","slug":"annie-williams-plaintiff-appellant-v-hutcheson-enterprises-inc-and-title-d38072","caseName":"ANNIE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant \nv.\nHUTCHESON ENTERPRISES, INC. and TITLE CASH OF MISSOURI, INC., Defendants-Respondents","caseNumber":"SD38072","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2024-09-30","year":2024,"display_summary":"Plaintiff Annie Williams sued Hutcheson Enterprises, Inc. and Title Cash of Missouri, Inc., alleging unlawful discrimination and retaliation under the MHRA. The trial court granted summary judgment for Hutcheson, finding no genuine dispute of material fact regarding Williams' employment by Hutcheson. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that Williams was employed by Title Cash, not Hutcheson, and her joint employer theory was not properly pleaded and relied on an outdated statutory definition.","primaryTopic":"employment-law","topicSlugs":["employment-law","summary-judgment","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=213054","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/annie-williams-plaintiff-appellant-v-hutcheson-enterprises-inc-and-title-d38072","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law","text: discrimination","text: retaliation","text: mhra"],"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: summary-judgment","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}