KRS 411.133: Joinder of wrongful death and personal injury actions.

It shall be lawful for the personal representative of a decedent who was injured by reason

of the tortious acts of another, and later dies from such injuries, to recover in the same

action for both the wrongful death of the decedent and for the personal in juries from

which the decedent suffered prior to death, including a recovery for all elements of

damages in both a wrongful death action and a personal injury action.