{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-49.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 49.040","heading":"Exclusive jurisdiction of Board of Claims -- Limitation on damage awards --","body":"Hearing officers -- Official records -- Agreed judgment or dismissal if\nsettlement reached.\n(1) Regardless of any provision of law to the contrary, the jurisdiction of  the Board of\nClaims is exclusive, and a single claim for the recovery of money or a single award\nof money shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), exclusive\nof interest and costs. However, if a single act of negligence results in mu ltiple\nclaims, the total award may not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000),\nto be equitably divided among the claimants, but in no case may any claimant\nindividually receive more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).\n(2) Hearing officers, upon the direction of the board, the board chair, or the executive\ndirector of the Office of Claims and Appeals shall conduct hearings and otherwise\nsupervise the presentation of evidence and perform any other duties assigned to\nthem by the board, the board chair, or the executive director of the Office of Claims\nand Appeals, except that such hearing officers shall not render final decisions,\norders, or awards. However, such hearing officers may, in receiving evidence on\nbehalf of the board, make s uch rulings affecting the competency, relevancy, and\nmateriality of the evidence about to be presented and upon motions presented\nduring the taking of evidence as will expedite the preparation of the case.\n(3) The board shall maintain the official record of the claim, including evidence entered\ninto the record at a hearing on the claim, and the final action taken on each claim.\nAll records of proceedings shall be public records.\n(4) Upon recommendation to the board by the attorney for the Commonwealth, its\ncabinet, department, bureau, agency, or employee thereof, that a settlement has been\nreached between the parties to the claim, and upon approval by the board that the\nsettlement is reasonable for all parties concerned, an agreed judgment or dismissal\nmay be entered accordingly, even without a party's admission to liability.","path":["KRS Chapter 49"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51453","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:09Z","sha256":"b61fe9fc42936bb48130ac35f060304213eb8beb681af86b4b05657d2c25e531","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-49.030","next":"us-ky/krs-49.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}