Sec. 5. (a) This section applies when:
(1) a person obtains a judgment for personal injuries against a person, company, or corporation in a trial court;
(2) the person, company, or corporation against whom or which the judgment was obtained appeals to the supreme court or the court of appeals; and
(3) the judgment is reversed by the supreme court or the court of appeals, with a new trial granted to the appellant.
(b) If a person who obtains a judgment dies:
(1) pending the appeal; or
(2) before a new trial after the reversal;
the claim for personal injuries survives and may be prosecuted by the representative of the decedent, as other claims are prosecuted for and on behalf of decedents' estates.