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BOYKINS v. HOUSING AUTH. OF LOUISVILLE

No. 92-SC-242-DG.

842 S.W.2d 527 (1992)

Karen C. BOYKINS, Movant, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF LOUISVILLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended December 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Thomas Johnson, Louisville, for movant.

Richard H. Nash, Jr., Louisville, for respondent.

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The primary issue we decide on this appeal is whether an employer's firing of a terminable-at-will employee for filing suit against the employer, on a matter not related to the employment, is violative of Section 14 of the Kentucky Constitution.

Karen C. Boykins was employed as an executive secretary by the Housing Authority of Louisville (hereinafter HAL). Nearly one year after her infant son was injured in an apartment owned, operated...

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