{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-411.310","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 411.310","heading":"Presumptions in product liability actions.","body":"(1) In any product liability action, it shall be presumed, until rebutted by a\npreponderance of the evidence to the contrary, that the subject product was not\ndefective if the injury, death or property damage occurred either more than five (5)\nyears after the date of sale to the first consumer or more than eight (8) years after\nthe date of manufacture.\n(2) In any product liability action, it shall be presumed, until rebutted by a\npreponderance of the evidence to the contrary, that the product was not defective  if\nthe design, methods of manufacture, and testing conformed to the generally\nrecognized and prevailing standards or the state of the art in existence at the time\nthe design was prepared, and the product was manufactured.","path":["KRS Chapter 411"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17810","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:35Z","sha256":"afb4feecce6a6710a30941d0485940a7005d9839b94251da6c2796ff1e5ac327","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-411.300","next":"us-ky/krs-411.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}