Legal Opinion
Hill v. Kentucky Lottery Corp.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 2010No. 2006-SC-000748-DG, 2008-SC-000380-DGPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice VENTERS.
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) terminated the employment of Robert W. Hill and Kimberly G. Hill on September 1, 1999. Several months later, the Hills filed a lawsuit against KLC in the Jefferson Circuit Court, asserting three claims: 1) unlawful retaliation in violation of KRS 344.280, Kentucky’s Civil Rights Act; 2) common law wrongful discharge in violation of public policy; and 3) defamation. Thus began a long and tortuous course of litigation that took the parties through two jury trials in the Jefferson Circuit Court, and two appeals to the…
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