COMMONWEALTH LABOR CABINET v. Morris

OPINION

BUCKINGHAM, Judge.

The Labor Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an order of the Franklin Circuit Court reversing and remanding a decision by the Board of Claims dismissing the claims of Linda C. Morris and Robert Lee Redmon, Sr., against the Labor Cabinet. The general issue concerns whether Morris and Red-mon may pursue their negligence claims against the Labor Cabinet in the Board of Claims despite having settled their claims against the primary tortfeasor in a civil action in the Scott Circuit Court. We conclude that the Board properly dismissed the claims of Morris…