What Makes Kentucky Wrongful Death Law Unique?
In Kentucky, the measure of damages for a wrongful death claim is called the destruction of the power to earn money. That is a fancy way of saying basically we can recover what that deceased person could have made over their lifetime.
Who Can File A Wrongful Death Suit In Kentucky?
The wrongful death suit can actually only be brought by the decedent’s estate. In other words, usually what we do is we get people to the office and get an investigation going. We make sure that we can see what we can do in regard to proving liability on the part of that person. Once that’s started, once we get that evidence preserved then we will go down to the District Court and open an estate basically and that estate is what brings a wrongful death claim against the other party.