Kentucky Supreme Court, 1983

The court held that a criminal directed-verdict motion must be assessed by viewing the evidence favorably to the Commonwealth and asking whether reasonable minds might fairly find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The court recognized a narrow public-policy exception to Kentucky's employment-at-will doctrine and held that an employee may sue for wrongful discharge when terminated for pursuing workers' compensation benefits.

The court held that, under Kentucky law then in effect, a viable fetus was not a "person" within the criminal-homicide statute because the common-law born-alive rule remained controlling and the legislature had not expressly changed it.

The court affirmed denial of Gross’s CR 60.02 motion, holding that the rule is an extraordinary, residual remedy rather than an additional opportunity to raise grounds available on direct appeal or under RCr 11.42.