Pennyrile Allied Cmty. Servs., Inc. v. Rogers
Annotate this CaseAppellee, an at-will employee of Appellant, a government program focused on rural development, reported to law enforcement officers and Appellant’s representatives that a coworker was allegedly trespassing by making uninvited visits to employees’ homes. The next morning, Appellee was fired for insubordination. Appellee filed suit under Kentucky’s whistleblower statute, claiming that she had been terminated in retaliation for her reporting about the suspected violations of law. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of Appellant on the grounds that Appellee’s disclosure of her coworker’s alleged trespass did not touch on a matter of public concern. The Court of Appeals reversed, concluding that the whistleblower statute contained no requirement that reports under the statute must touch upon a matter of public concern. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) the whistleblower statute does not require an employee’s report or disclosure to touch on a matter of public concern in order to come within the protections of the statute; but (2) none of the reports and disclosures presented by the facts in this case fit within the protections afforded by the statute.
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