The surviving spouse and child, under the age of eighteen (18) or either of them, of a person 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.
KRS 411.150
Action by surviving spouse or child of person killed with deadly weapon
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Shepherd v. Wellman (2002)
Most recently applied in 496 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Holland v. Islamic Republic of Iran (October 2005)
History: Amended 1974 Ky
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.