Ginger K. Gooch

Summary Judgments

• Obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s claim of failure to provide reasonable accommodation for claimed service animal.
• Won summary judgment in favor of employer on employee’s claims for tortious interference and malicious prosecution.
• Won summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's American with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim on ground plaintiff was an independent contractor not covered by the ADA.
• Won summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiffs' personal injury claims on ground defendant lighting technician had no responsibility for falling light fixture.

Trials

• Secured defense verdict after four-day jury trial on plaintiff’s claims for nuisance, negligence and trespass from claimed pollution from neighboring business.
• Won defense verdict on plaintiff's claim of race discrimination in employment.

Appellate

• Obtained reversal of judgment on appeal on ground trial court erred in not submitting issues to jury.
• Obtained affirmance on appeal of commission decision that employer properly terminated employee for misconduct in connection with work.
• Represented City of Springfield in appeal alleging that city's indecent exposure law violated Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, receiving favorable Eighth Circuit opinion.

Pro Bono

• Appointed by Supreme Court of Missouri to represent criminal defendant on petition for writ of habeas corpus and obtained release of prisoner after 17 years of imprisonment.