KRS 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.