Legal Opinion
Leverington v. City of Colorado Springs
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2011No. 09-1550PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
For over a year, Plaintiff-Appellant Miriam Leverington worked as a cardiac nurse for the internal staffing agency of Memorial Health System (“Memorial”), which is an enterprise of the City of Colorado Springs (the “City”). However, Ms. Leverington was fired from her position after she told Colorado Springs Police Officer Duaine Peters, during a “less than cordial” traffic stop, that she hoped she never had him as a patient. Peters informed Leverington’s superiors about her statement, and Memorial terminated her employment.
Leverington sued Peters and the City, doing…
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