Trial starts for ex-Missouri veterans ombudsman over claims she was fired for age, gender

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A jury trial began Monday for a former Missouri veterans ombudsman who alleges Larry Kay, executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission, fired her because of her age and gender.

Pat Rowe Kerr is 63 now and was 56 at the time of her termination in November 2009, when she was working as the senior adviser of veteransā€™ outreach. Sheā€™s suing Kay and the state, claiming that she lost a job not because of poor performance, but because Kay has a problem with older, successful women.

Kay contends that he had to fire Kerr because of budget cuts after the economic strain of the Great Recession.

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