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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 411 RIGHTS OF ACTION AND SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS
411.150 Action by surviving spouse or child of person killed with deadly weapon.
Download pdfperson killed by the careless, wanton or malicious use of a deadly weapon, not in self-
defense, may have an action against the person who committed the killing and all others
aiding or promoting, or any one (1) or more of them. In such actions the jury may give
vindictive damages. History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 97. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 21. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 4, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 4.
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