Lemmons v. Ransom

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed a summary judgment by the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing the personal injury action of James C. Ransom as being barred by the two-year statute of limitations of the No-Fault Insurance Act. KRS 304.39-230(6).

The principal issue is whether the provisions of Kentucky’s “saving” statute, KRS 413.170(1), are applicable only to actions designated in KRS 413.090-160, or whether those saving provisions extend to actions in tort brought under the no-fault law.

James C. Ransom was injured in an automobile…