A steamboat or other vessel named in KRS 376.360 and its owner shall be liable to the party injured for any damage done by her through the willful or negligent conduct of her officers or crew while acting for her as such.
KRS 376.370
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2481.