Brownlee v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

The Appellants, Les Brownlee (Acting-Secretary, U.S. Department of the Army) and United States of America, appeal the Opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming the Hardin Circuit Court’s ruling that the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission (KUIC) properly awarded unemployment benefits to the individual Appel-lees. Because the Appellees voluntarily left their employment by taking early retirement and a cash incentive, and cannot establish that they did so because of good cause attributable to the employment, the Opinion of the Court of Appeals is…