(1) As used in KRS § 411.310 to KRS § 411.340, a “product liability action” shall include any action brought for or on account of personal injury, death or property damage caused by or resulting from the manufacture, construction, design, formulation, development of standards, preparation, processing, assembly, testing, listing, certifying, warning, instructing, marketing, advertising, packaging or labeling of any product.
(2) As used in KRS § 411.310 to KRS § 411.340, a “plaintiff” shall mean a person asserting a claim and, if said claim is asserted on behalf of an estate, “plaintiff” shall include plaintiff‘s decedent.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 411.300

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.