KRS 413.180: Action by or against personal representative under KRS 413.090 to

413.160.

(1) If a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in KRS 413.090 to 413.160 dies

before the expiration of the time limited for its commencement and the cause of

action survives, the action may be brought by his personal representative after the

expiration of that time, if commenced within one (1) year after the qualification of

the representative.

(2) If a person dies before the time at which the right to bring any action mentioned in

KRS 413.090 to 413.160 would have accrued to him if he had continued alive, and

there is an interval of more than one (1) year between his death and the qualification

of his personal representative, that representative, for purposes of this chapter, shall

be deemed to have qualified on the last day of the one-year period.