Margaret MacGlashan v. Abs Lincs Ky, Inc. D/B/A Cumberland Hall Hospital

OPINION OF THE COURT

BY JUSTICE VENTERS

Pursuant to CR 76.37(1), this Court granted the certification request of The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to answer the following question of Kentucky law:

Can a plaintiff who alleges that her employment was wrongfully terminated in violation of Kentucky Revised Statute 216B.165 assert a claim for the recovery of front pay, along with other damages she may have sustained, by reason of her discharge?

For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the answer is “yes.”

I. FACTUAL AND STATUTORY BACKGROUND

Because the case…