Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission v. Carter

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The narrow issue we decide is whether, on appeal to the circuit court from a decision of the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission (hereafter referred to as KUIC) pursuant to KRS 341.450, when an employer has been a party before the Commission, an aggrieved employee must join said employer as a party to the lawsuit. We conclude that the question must be answered in the affirmative and reverse the Court of Appeals.

Respondent voluntarily terminated her job with the Ashland Hospital Corporation, d/b/a King’s Daughters’ Hospital, claiming that her action was…