The amount of damages recoverable against a local government for death, personal injury or property damages arising out of a single accident or occurrence, or sequence of accidents or occurrences, shall not exceed the total damages suffered by plaintiff, reduced by the percentage of fault including contributory fault, attributed by the trier of fact to other parties, if any.
KRS 65.2002
Amount of damages recoverable against local governments
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Schwindel v. Meade County (2003)
Most recently applied in Richardson v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (June 2008)
Effective: July 15, 1988 History: Created 1988 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.