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Former Chiefs Employee Appeals To Missouri Supreme Court In Age Discrimination Case

Karen Elshout
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Missourinet.com

The Missouri Supreme Court Wednesday heard arguments from representatives of the Kansas City Chiefs and one of their past employees. The case revolves around alleged age discrimination over the Chiefs’ firing of Steve Cox, a former maintenance manager at Arrowhead Stadium.

Lewis Galloway, Cox’s attorney, says the Missouri Court of Appeals won’t let him present the evidence he’d like for a fair trial. And that’s what the Missouri Supreme Court will decide.

“We’ve always been confident in the evidence,” said Galloway. “We thing that there’s a substantial Amount of evidence that we should have been able to use to demonstrate the corporate motivation or intent in removing older people from the organization.”

A Supreme Court decision is expected in a few months. 

Sports have an economic and social impact on our community and, as a sports reporter, I go beyond the scores and statistics. I also bring the human element to the sports figures who have a hand in shaping the future of not only their respective teams but our town. Reach me at gregechlin@aol.com.
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