Legal Opinion
Kearney v. City of Simpsonville
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided July 14, 2006No. 2005-CA-002052-MRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINTON, Judge.
The question before us in this appeal is whether the elected mayor and city commissioners of the City of Simpsonville (“the City”) are employees of the City for purposes of meeting the minimum number of employees required for an employer to fall within the coverage of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (“the KCRA”). We hold that they are employees and that the KCRA applies.
The facts germane to this appeal are simple and uncontradicted. Kearney was employed as the Parks and Recreation Director for the City from August 2002 until her termination in February 2005. Kear-ney then…
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