§ 411.150

411.150 Action by surviving spouse or child of person killed with deadly weapon. 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 o thers aiding or promoting, or any one (1) or more of them. In such actions the jury may give vindictive damages. History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 97. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 21. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 4, effect ive October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4.