State seeks stay in prison guard pay case
(WorldNews Mexico)

The Missouri Department of Corrections wants the Western District Court of Appeals to block enforcement of a judgment that corrections officers are owed $118.5 million in back pay.The motion filed Monday for a stay, the second in the case decided in August in Cole County, comes as Gary Burger, attorney for the corrections officers, is seeking to collect the judgment by garnishing state bank accounts. Burger also wants Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce to find the department in contempt ......