Keith Spears v. Hon Pamela R. Goodwine Judge, Fayette Circuit Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Appellant, Keith Spears, appeals from an order of the Court of Appeals granting a writ of prohibition sought by Appellee, Board of Trustees of the Lexington-Fay-ette Urban County Government Police men’s and Firefighter’s Retirement Fund (Board), to prohibit the Fayette Circuit Court ■ from considering Spears’ Petition for Judicial Review of the Board’s denial of his claim for disability benefits. For the reasons explained below, we reverse the Court of Appeals and vacate the writ.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Spears was a Lexington-Fayette Urban…