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COM'N ON HUMAN RIGHTS v. OWENSBORO

No. 87-SC-201-DG.

750 S.W.2d 422 (1988)

KENTUCKY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, etc., et al., Movants, v. CITY OF OWENSBORO and Daviess County, Kentucky, etc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galen A. Martin, Thomas A. Ebendorf, Angela D. Koshewa, Kentucky Com'n on Human Rights, Louisville, for movants.

Ronald M. Sullivan, Owensboro, for respondents.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The issue to be decided by this appeal is what statute of limitations is applicable to awards of back pay for actions brought under the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, KRS 344.230. We hold that the 5-year statute of limitations for statutory claims, KRS 413.120(2), is the proper one.

In April and May of 1980, movants, female nursing assistants in the Owensboro-Daviess County Hospitals' central supply unit, filed claims against respondents...

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