Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Jeffers Ex Rel. Jeffers

I concur with Justice Cooper’s opinion that this Court need not apply common law rules of statutory construction to ascertain the General Assembly’s intent because the Legislature, in KRS 446.080(3), has instructed this Court not to construe a statute retroactively unless the General Assembly expressly declares that we should do so. I dissent separately, however, to express my view that a retrospective application of the 1998 amendment of KRS 304.36-080 increasing from $100,000.00 to $300,000.00 the maximum potential liability of the Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association (KIGA) would affect…