Legal Opinion
JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY v. Zaring
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 2002No. 2000-SC-0596-DGPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
This is a civil action for damages brought pursuant to KRS 344.450 of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA) alleging reverse racial discrimination in employment. KRS 344.040. A Jefferson Circuit Court jury awarded damages to Jefferson County Police Department (JCPD) Sergeants Leroy Zaring and Tracy Hord because, in November 1994, former JCPD Chief Leon Jones recommended that JCPD Sergeants Thomas Dreher and James Smith be promoted to lieutenant but did not make similar recommendations with respect to Zaring and Hord, and because the Jefferson County Judge/Executive and the…
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