Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Norman Johnson

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCHRODER.

This Court accepted discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’ consolidated decision in the appeal and cross-appeal of a trial court’s interpretation of two Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government ordinances dealing with retired employees’ eligibility for health insurance coverage. Because some retirees have irrevocably opted out of future health insurance coverage, the 1999 ordinance contains a latent ambiguity as to those retirees eligible for coverage. We resolve the latent ambiguity in favor of coverage to those retirees who *32had not opted out…