CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Actor-comedian Carol Burnett is 91. Gui- tarist-songwriter Duane Eddy is 86. Singer Maurice Williams of Maurice and the Zodi- acs is 86. Actor Giancarlo Esposito Call is 66. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 64.
Actor Joan Chen is 63. Drummer Chris Mars of The Replacements is 63. Ac- tor-singer Michael Damian is 62. Actor Jet Li is 61. Guitarist Jimmy Staff ord of Train is 60.
Actor-comedian Kevin James Blart: Mall King of is 59. Keyboardist Jeff Huskins of Little Texas is 58. Actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste (fi and is 57. Fiddler Joe Caver- lee of Yankee Grey is 56. Singer T-Boz of TLC is 54.
Actor Shondrella Avery is 53. Associated Press ST. LOUIS Hollywood would have loved St. Louis police Sgt. Jatonya Clay- born Muldrow.
In 2017, she worked in the plain-clothes intelligence division, investigating high-profi le crimes, from gun violence to public cor- ruption and sex traffi cking. She worked on an FBI Task Force. At one point, she oversaw the gang unit. Then a new boss came in. The boss, Capt.
Michael MESSENGER Deeba, wanted a man in job, according to court records. He trans- ferred Muldrow to a desk job in the Fifth District. He took away her FBI credentials and take-home car. It was like every cop movie ever seen, where the police chief dresses down the detective and threatens to bust them down to traffi patrol. pay remained the same, but her career prospects vanished.
She applied for multiple job openings to get back into detective work and was denied over and over again. So in 2018, she fi led a discrim- ination lawsuit against Deeba and the city of St. Louis, alleging they violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A federal judge and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals tossed her lawsuit. They ruled that job transfers a enough change to employment to prove damages in a discrimination case.
Last week, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, the U.S. Supreme Court revived lawsuit and opened the door for similar discrimi- nation claims to move forward. courts below rejected the claim on the ground that the transfer did not cause Muldrow a employment dis- Kagan wrote. we disapprove that approach. Although an employee must show some harm from a forced transfer to prevail in a Ti- tle VII suit, she need not show that the injury sat- isfi es a signifi cance test.
Title text nowhere establishes that high Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohib- its discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. The American Civil Liberties Union called the Supreme Court ruling a victory for that will change the landscape for workplace discrimination cases. What happens next in case, though, entirely clear, says Brian Wolfman, one of her lawyers and the di- rector of the Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic at Georgetown University Law School. The case will be sent back to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which could make further rulings or pass it down to the U.S. District Court in St.
Louis. The case could then head to a trial or be set- tled. But clear the ruling will send rever- berations nationwide, Wolfman says. forward, this has a very large eff ect on access to the said Wolfman, who handled the appeal with Boston University law professor Madeline Meth. He added that the ruling corrects de- cades-old error in understanding federal employment discrimination In police departments in particular, transfers are a common tactic to punish offi cers.
The practice has been highlighted in multiple discrimination lawsuits fi led by St. Louis area offi cers. One of the most notable cases was that of former St. Louis County Sgt. Keith Wildhaber, who was transferred after he fi led a sex discrimina- tion lawsuit against the county.
Wildhaber won a nearly $20 million jury verdict, which was later lowered in a settlement. At least one other St. Louis police dis- crimination case will be revived because of the Muldrow ruling. Wolfman and Meth also represent Louis Naes, an offi cer who fi led a discrimination lawsuit against the city in 2019. lawsuit was tossed in district court for similar reasons to case, and the appeals court put case on hold pending the Muldrow ruling.
Now both discrimination cases will likely be revived. The city of St. Louis, and employers across the nation, have been put on notice. Muldrow left worse off several times after her transfer, Kagan wrote. Under the new, more accurate interpre- tation of the Civil Rights Act, both police offi cers will likely have an opportunity to prove their discrimination claims.
And plenty of other cases will now have a chance to move forward in the courts if companies or governments used transfers to discriminate on the basis of sex, race or religion. Critics of the case have said the ruling could open the fl oodgates to discrimina- tion lawsuits. But not going to hap- pen, Wolfman said. sky is not going to he said. is going to happen is that what Congress wanted (when it passed Title VII) is going to be Tony Messenger 314-340-8518 DAVID A.
LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY German chemical giant Bayer, the manufacturer of the pop- ular weedkiller Roundup, has won support from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product could cause cancer. The House vote on Wednesday marked an important but incremental victory for Bayer, which acquired an avalanche of legal claims involving Roundup when it bought the original Creve Coeur-based producer, Monsanto. The legislation now heads to the Missouri Senate with three weeks remaining in the annual legislative session. Bayer pursued similar legislation this year in Idaho and Iowa, where it has mining and manufactur- ing facilities, but it fell short in both states. Bayer disputes claims that key ingredient, glyphosate, causes a can- cer called lymphoma.
But it has set aside $16 billion and already paid about $10 billion of that amount to resolve some of the tens of thousands of legal claims against it. Though some studies associate glypho- sate with cancer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. The Missouri legislation says that fed- erally approved pesticide labeling be suffi cient to satisfy any requirement for a warning label regarding eff ec- tively thwarting failure-to-warn allegations in future lawsuits. are grateful that members of the Missouri House have supported farmers and science over the litigation Bayer said in a statement Wednesday.
A coalition that includes Bayer has run ads on radio stations, newspapers and bill- boards supporting the legislation. Farmers overwhelmingly rely on Roundup, which was introduced 50 years ago as a more effi cient way to control weeds and reduce tilling and soil erosion. For crops including corn, soybeans and cotton, de- signed to work with genetically modifi ed seeds that resist deadly eff ect. More than a dozen majority party Repub- licans joined Democrats in voting against the legislation as it passed the House on a 91-57 vote, with almost half of the votes coming from lawmakers who rep- resent House districts in St. Louis and St.
Louis County. Some Democrats made per- sonal pleas to vote no. you vote for this bill, you are voting for cancer and it will hurt my feelings, and I will not smile at you on the said state Rep. LaDonna Appelbaum, who is un- dergoing treatment for cancer. Supporters said it was important to pro- tect Bayer from lawsuits that could jeop- ardized the availability of Roundup.
They cited concerns that Bayer eventually could pull Roundup from the U.S. market, leaving farmers dependent on alternative chemicals from China. bill about cancer, really about the process of taken place within the said Republican state Rep. Mike Haff ner, chair of the House Ag- riculture Policy Committee. The legislation is House Bill 2763.
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Former state Rep. Chuck Basye of Rocheport made the announcement during an interview on the Wake Up Mid-Missouri show on KSSZ (93.9 FM) in Columbia. received a medical diagnosis a few weeks ago, right around the time I fi led, and I have prostate Basye said. so gonna have to withdraw from the Senate Basye is the only Republican fi led in the 19th Senate District, which covers Boone County. He fi led on the last possible day to challenge former state Rep.
Stephen Webber, a Columbia Democrat who is the best-funded candidate for a Senate seat in this elections. Basye said he had hoped to stay in the race despite the diagnosis but that learning more about his illness and wants to concentrate on treatment. withdrawal means the Boone County Republican Central Committee will have the ability to select a replace- ment for the Aug. 6 primary ballot. If he had been the incumbent, or only candi- date, fi ling would have reopened for fi ve days at the Secretary of offi ce in Jeff erson City.
county committee can select somebody if they choose to get involved and we do have a young man that very hopeful that he gets Basye said. The 19th District has been in Republican hands for 16 years, but redistricting elim- inated heavy GOP voting areas in Cooper County. Webber won Boone County over the current incumbent, Senate Presi- dent Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, in 2016, but the large Republican majority in Cooper County decided the race. Webber has a campaign fund of more than $763,000 in his offi cial committee and a joint fundraising PAC. That is about $300,000 more than any other candidate in a contested race this year.
After Basye announced his withdrawal, Webber posted a message of support for his recovery on social media. As the interview concluded, Basye was asked if he had any comment on his pen- chant for lashing out at critics on social me- dia, including questioning status as a Marine veteran of combat in Iraq. might sound childish to a lot of Basye said, I only respond to people that hit me fi Cancer diagnosis forces candidate to withdraw from state Senate race TIM BOMMEL, MISSOURI HOUSE Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, seen here in 2019 A2 FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024 1 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.
