CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS v. CONNERS

No. 98SC137.

993 P.2d 1167 (2000)

CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, Petitioner, v. Kathleen F. CONNERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia K. Kelly, City Attorney, Stacy L. Rouse, Assistant City Attorney-Employment, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

John L. Maska, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Attorney for Respondent.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. McLachlan, Solicitor General, Garth C. Lucero, Deputy Attorney General, Civil Litigation Section, Tort Litigation Unit, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State of Colorado.

Thomas A. Feldman, Roseman & Kazierski, LLC, Barry D. Roseman, Elena J. Eisenberg, Michael P. Cerbo, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association and the Colorado Association of Public Employees.


Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, we address the question of whether claims for non-compensatory equitable relief under the Colorado Civil Rights Act (CRA) are claims for "injuries which lie in tort or could lie in tort" for the purposes of the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA) and thus whether such claims are either barred by or subject to the notice provisions of the CGIA. Petitioner, the City of Colorado...

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