Coach’s Discrimination Claim Against University Upheld by Appeals Court

A Missouri state appeals court has affirmed the judgment of a trial court, which ruled that the University of Missouri at St. Louis and certain individual defendants discriminated and then retaliated against the school’s head baseball coach.   In addition to affirming the judgment and monetary award of approximately $1 million, the court also reversed the trial court’s holding that the plaintiff was not entitled to attorney fees, remanding that portion of the litigation back to the tria