• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Thursday, April 15, 2021
59 °f
Platte
45 ° Fri
47 ° Sat
49 ° Sun
49 ° Mon
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
No Result
View All Result
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
No Result
View All Result

Ex-employee accuses Main Event of retaliation

Valerie Verkamp by Valerie Verkamp
May 4, 2019
in Local News
4
SHARES
97
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Email

Main Event is facing a lawsuit that alleges it took adverse action against a female sales manager for exercising her federal rights.

Main Event is an entertainment center that features bowling, video games, food, and many other activities. It is located in Platte County at 8081 NW Roanridge, Kansas City.

RelatedNews

Proposed sewer rate hike nixed on split vote

Judge tells city attorney ‘put case on front burner’

Junior college tax fails; R-3 bond issue passes

According to the 18-page petition for damages, Main Event allegedly retaliated against 30-year-old Tilisa Rayford by making working conditions intolerable, prompting her to leave.

Rayford, the legal documents say, was involved in a car accident on Nov. 8, 2017, which caused her to suffer severe headaches and pain in her neck and back. A chiropractor advised her to stop working because it could aggravate her existing symptoms, the lawsuit claims.

After corresponding with the human resource department, Rayford submitted paperwork requesting medical leave on an intermittent basis under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The suit alleges Rayford was eligible under the act’s terms because she had been employed for over a 12-month period and suffered from a “serious health condition.”

Intermittent FMLA leave

While Rayford was on leave on an intermittent basis, the suit says, Main Event “took away many of” her job duties and re-assigned them to other employees. With several of Rayford’s coworkers asking about her health, the suit states she was “concerned that management had been freely discussing her situation amongst her coworkers.”

Rayford allegedly told Wayne Stancil, the vice president of operations at Main Event, that she believed she was “targeted at work” due to her situation. As the lawsuit tells it, Stancil became “angry” and told Rayford to go home. She was informed that she must provide a doctor’s note to return to work, the suit says.

Back at work

Upon returning to work, Rayford gave Main Event a note from a doctor informing them that she could work full-time, but she still required time off for medical appointments, the suit says. The employer allegedly denied Rayford’s request for FMLA, requiring her to make up any time she needed off for additional medical treatment.

While Rayford was on the clock, Steve Toliver, district manager of Main Event, closely monitored her and stood in the doorway of her office, the suit alleges. On another occasion, Rayford alleges she heard a fellow employee “bragging that she had assumed extra duties.”

The suit alleges Main Event was “grooming” another employee to take over Rayford’s position.

Rayford’s last day of employment at Main Event was April 11, 2018.

According to the lawsuit, there is “a causal connection” between Rayford exercising her rights under FMLA and the alleged retaliation outlined in the legal documents. As a result of the alleged discrimination, Rayford is seeking damages for humiliation, mental anguish and pain.

The parties in the lawsuit are scheduled to appear before Platte County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Fincham on Aug. 2 at 9 a.m.

Rayford is being represented by Marc N. Middleton.

Tags: Lawsuitsplatte county
Valerie Verkamp

Valerie Verkamp

Valerie decided she wanted to be a newspaper reporter when she was 28 years old and she successfully convinced the editor of the Platte County Landmark to give it 30 days. It was a unique period of her life when she exuded confidence while fearing she missed her calling after stints as a waitress, bank teller, hotelier, and educator.

Over nearly a decade she has written countless stories on local government, education, lawsuits, community news, crime, and the prison system.

Valerie hails from Park University with a BA in Elementary Education and a post-baccalaureate degree in paralegal studies from Penn Valley Community College. She has received honorable mention for Best Government News Story and joined her Landmark colleagues as recipient of the General Excellence Award in the Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Missouri Press Association.

Related Posts

Proposed sewer rate hike nixed on split vote

Proposed sewer rate hike nixed on split vote

by Debbie Coleman-Topi
April 15, 2021
0

Parkville mayor forced to break tie A proposal to raise sewer rates for residents who use the Parkville sewer system failed during a board of aldermen meeting last Tuesday. The measure, which called for raising rates by six percent, followed...

Judge James Van Amburg

Judge tells city attorney ‘put case on front burner’

by Debbie Coleman-Topi
April 15, 2021
0

'You need to do better,' Van Amburg tells city's legal counsel In a hearing in which the plaintiff accused the city's attorneys of "gamesmanship" when it comes to producing discovery, the Platte County judge in a Sunshine lawsuit once again...

Ball field talk gets heated at Parkville

Ball field talk gets heated at Parkville

by Debbie Coleman-Topi
April 15, 2021
0

Aldermen get short with one another The end of the latest Parkville Board of Aldermen meeting erupted into a heated exchange as members debated future plans for a local park, effects on adjoining wildlife wetlands and a grant application that...

Sunshine antics at Parkville

Sunshine antics at Parkville

by Landmark Digital Staff
April 15, 2021
0

EDITOR: I continue to read and be amazed at the antics of the Parkville aldermen over this Sunshine Law and violations thing. They keep losing in court yet keep spending more money on legal fees, with the total growing day...

Next Post

Tv shows, electric cars, banking news and a parks tax squeeze

Popular News

  • Major subdivision planned along Crooked Road

    Major subdivision planned along Crooked Road

    41 shares
    Share 16 Tweet 10
  • City, state will team up to repair Hwy. 92

    13 shares
    Share 5 Tweet 3
  • Newest order in Sunshine case favors Jason Maki

    11 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 3
  • Judge tells city attorney ‘put case on front burner’

    8 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • Say no to new tax

    7 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Call us at 816-858-0363

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Subscribe Online
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist