Kentucky Supreme Court, 1984

The court rejected Kentucky's contributory-negligence rule as a complete bar and adopted pure comparative negligence, under which a claimant's recovery is reduced in proportion to the claimant's share of fault and causation.

The court abandoned contributory negligence as a complete bar to recovery and adopted pure comparative negligence for Kentucky tort cases. A claimant's recovery is reduced in proportion to the claimant's share of the total fault that substantially caused the damages, with the jury determining damages and fault…

The court held that Kentucky recognizes a claim for extreme and outrageous conduct intentionally or recklessly causing severe emotional distress, whether or not bodily harm results.