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411.020 Battery with certain weapons -- Punitive damages

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KY Code › Title XXXVI › Chapter 411 › Section 411.020

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411.020 Battery with certain weapons -- Punitive damages.

Any person struck by another with any of the weapons popularly known as colts, brass

knuckles, slung shots or sandbags, or any imitation or substitute therefor, may recover for

the injury done. The jury may also award punitive damages.

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