{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-411.294","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 411.294","heading":"Rebuttable presumption in action against contracting entity that","body":"prohibited conduct was substantial factor.\nIn any action for injury, damages, or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort,\nagainst a contracting entity, its contractor, or  its design professional arising from any\nnegligent act or omission in the design, construction, or maintenance of a public highway,\nroad, bridge, or street, when it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that:\n(1) The operator of the vehicle en gaged in conduct that would have supported a\nviolation of KRS 189.292 or 189A.010; or\n(2) The vehicle was traveling at a rate of twenty -five (25) or more miles per hour over\nthe applicable speed limit;\nthere shall be a rebuttable presumption that the proh ibited conduct was a substantial\nfactor in causing the injury, damages, or wrongful death.","path":["KRS Chapter 411"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57583","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:35Z","sha256":"bb505949fd495a698bf81250dce43d832708e5be74d7f42ef9b95798979aed78","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-411.292","next":"us-ky/krs-411.296"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}