304.40-290 Instructions to jury in case having multiple defendants. In any malpractice action in which more than one (1) health care provider is named as a defendant concerning a single injury, the jury shall be instructed that it may apportion damages in different percentages against the defendants or may return a verdict of joint and several liability against two (2) or more defendants. Effective: July 1, 1976 History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1976.