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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET v. GAINES

No. 2005-SC-000965-DG.

276 S.W.3d 789 (2008)

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET, Department for Employment Services, Division of Unemployment Insurance, Appellant, v. Mary C. GAINES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Christopher Burch, Logan & Gaines, PLLC, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

David O'Brien Suetholz, Herbert Lee Segal, Segal, Lindsay & Janes PLLC, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice SCHRODER.

The Kentucky Whistleblower Act protects public employees who report perceived misconduct to certain state entities, or to "any other appropriate body or authority." The issue in this case is whether "any other appropriate body or authority" includes the whistleblower's own agency. We hold that it does.

Since 1972, and until her recent retirement, Appellee Mary C. Gaines...

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