A state appeals court sided with thousands of Missouri prison guards in a case that will cost taxpayers an estimated $125 million.
In a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, a panel of judges denied each of the state’s objections to a 2018 decision by a Cole County jury, affecting 13,000 current and past corrections officers.
The case, which began in 2012, alleged the Department of Corrections did not pay guards for work done once they arrived at their prison.
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