{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-411.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 411.010","heading":"Action for assault -- Battery -- Provocation as a defense or in mitigation of","body":"punitive damages.\nIn any civil action for damages inflicted by an assault or by an assault and battery, the\ndefendant may plead as a defense to the claim for punitive damage s, and introduce in\nevidence in mitigation of punitive damages, any matter of provocation that preceded the\nassault or battery, if the provocation prompted the assault or battery and was of a nature\nto cause a person of ordinary prudence and judgment to ta ke the action taken by the\ndefendant.","path":["KRS Chapter 411"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17751","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:34Z","sha256":"21630b95336b1d720f4a4fc14294575a8b9125f36d7d845d9eb3a0e902b22a28","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-41.990","next":"us-ky/krs-411.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}