2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 411 - RIGHTS OF ACTION AND SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS
411.340 When wholesaler, distributor or retailer to be held liable.

Download as PDF 411.340 When wholesaler, distributor or retailer to be held liable. In any product liability action, if the manufacturer is identified and subject to the jurisdiction of the court, a wholesaler, distributor, or retailer who distributes or sells a product, upon his showing by a preponderance of the evidence that said product was sold by him in its original manufactured condition or package, or in the same condition such product was in when received by said wholesaler, distributor or retailer, shall not be liable to the plaintiff for damages arising solely from the distribution or sale of such product, unless such wholesaler, distributor or retailer, breached an express warranty or knew or should have known at the time of distribution or sale of such product that the product was in a defective condition, unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer. Effective:June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 6, effective June 17, 1978.