No right of action for personal injury or for injury to real or personal property shall cease or die with the person injuring or injured, except actions for slander, libel, criminal conversation, and so much of the action for malicious prosecution as is intended to recover for the personal injury. For any other injury an action may be brought or revived by the personal representative, or against the personal representative, heir or devisee, in the same manner as causes of action founded on contract.
KRS 411.140
What action shall survive
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case Nicholas v. Nicholas (2004)
Most recently applied in Lisa Price v. Montgomery County (July 2023)
Effective: June 19, 1952 History: Amended 1952 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.