8th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital On Chair’s Speech Claim

( December 11, 2024, 12:01 PM EST) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed summary judgment for a hospital on a former department chair’s claim of First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution retaliation, finding that there was evidence that social media posts were discussed leading up to the chair’s demotion....