Legal Opinion
Patel v. Thomas
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1990No. 89CA0322PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAVIDSON.
Plaintiff, Mary Louise Patel, appeals the trial court’s dismissal under C.R.C.P. 12(b)(5) of her various claims arising from alleged sexual harassment on the job and her subsequent demotion. We affirm in part, and reverse in part.
In her complaint, Patel alleged that between June 1986 and October 1987, while she was employed as secretary in the Division of Veteran Affairs of defendant Department of Social Services, one of her supervisors, defendant Ainsley Thomas, “on separate occasions and during working hours ... against her will, grabbed her breasts, ran his hand up…
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