HILL v. KENTUCKY LOTTERY CORP.

Nos. 2006-SC-000748-DG, 2008-SC-000380-DG.

327 S.W.3d 412 (2010)

Kimberly G. HILL, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. KENTUCKY LOTTERY CORPORATION, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence John Zielke , Keith B. Hunter , Janice M. Theriot , Zielke Law Firm, PLLC, Louisville, KY, James Hays Lawson , Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Brent Robert Baughman , Melissa Norman Bork, Greenebaum, Doll and McDonald, PLLC, Jan Michele West , Goldberg Simpson, PSC, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


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...

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