From Mayfield v. Miller, decided Tuesday by Judge Douglas Harpool (W.D. Mo.):
Plaintiff Tad Mayfield worked for the Missouri House of Representatives … from August 29, 2011, until his termination on August 6, 2020. Plaintiff was employed by the House at the time as a Legislative Specialist II. Defendant Dana Rademan Miller … held the title of Assistant Chief Clerk in 2013, and she was Plaintiff's direct supervisor until 2018. In 2018, Miller was promoted to Chief Clerk, and Defendant Emily White … was promoted to Assistant Chief Clerk and became Plaintiff's new direct supervisor until Plaintiff's termination.
Plaintiff sued, claiming in part that he was fired because of a pro-mask-mandate e-mail he had sent on August 3 to the speaker of the statehouse and the president pro tem state senate:
