Hughes v. Kentucky Horse Racing Authority

OPINION

MINTON, Judge.

Richard E. Hughes appeals the decision of the Franklin Circuit Court that reversed the order of the state Personnel Board. The Personnel Board found the Kentucky Racing Commission’s (KRC) termination of Hughes’s employment for misconduct to be excessive and modified punishment to a thirty-day suspension without pay. The circuit court disagreed, ruling that the Personnel Board had acted arbitrarily. We reverse the circuit court.

Until his termination by KRC, Hughes was an employee of that agency holding the full-time merit position of Racing License Inspector. At that time,…