Boykins v. Housing Auth. of Louisville

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The primary issue we decide on this appeal is whether an employer’s firing of a terminable-at-will employee for filing suit against the employer, on a matter not related to the employment, is violative of Section 14 of the Kentucky Constitution.

Karen C. Boykins was employed as an executive secretary by the Housing Authority of Louisville (hereinafter HAL). Nearly one year after her infant son was injured in an apartment owned, operated and managed by HAL, Boykins, as next friend of her infant son, filed suit against HAL alleging negligence. Approximately four months…