Denver Health v. Houchin

Summary

The court held that claims for both compensatory and equitable relief under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act against governmental entities do not lie in tort and therefore are not barred by the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. It also held that the statutory reference to "the state" includes political subdivisions, so the lower court erred in dismissing Houchin's compensatory-damages claims. The court declined to reach the equal-protection issue because its statutory holdings resolved the case.