No cap, and a guaranteed spousal share
Section 54 of the Kentucky Constitution bars a cap on wrongful death damages, the same protection that keeps ordinary injury damages uncapped. Under KRS 411.130, the recovery passes to the kindred of the deceased as provided by law — but the surviving spouse is guaranteed at least one-half of the recovery, regardless of how many other kindred are also entitled to share.
Kentucky also maintains a separate survival claim under KRS 411.140: the decedent's own pre-death personal injury claim doesn't cease at death, and can be pursued by the estate as a distinct action alongside the wrongful death claim. On fault, Kentucky's pure comparative negligence rule applies — even significant fault by the decedent reduces, but never bars, the recovery.