Legal Opinion
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights v. Fraser
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1981PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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This case concerns the constitutionality of KRS 344.230(3)(h), which authorizes the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights to award compensatory damages' for embarrassment and humiliation caused by unlawful discrimination.
The movant, Donna Cooper, was hired as a food service worker in the respondent Fraser’s restaurant in January of 1976. Shortly thereafter she learned that she was pregnant. In February of that year she was fired. In June of 1976 she filed a complaint with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights alleging that she was terminated because of her pregnancy, and…
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