KRS 411.340: When wholesaler, distributor or retailer to be held liable.

In any product liability action, if the manufacturer is identified and subject to the

jurisdiction of the court, a wholesaler, distributor, or retailer who distributes or sells a

product, upon his showing by a preponderance of the evidence that said produc t was sold

by him in its original manufactured condition or package, or in the same condition such

product was in when received by said wholesaler, distributor or retailer, shall not be liable

to the plaintiff for damages arising solely from the distributi on or sale of such product,

unless such wholesaler, distributor or retailer, breached an express warranty or knew or

should have known at the time of distribution or sale of such product that the product was

in a defective condition, unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer.