Sec. 4. For purposes of sections 6 through 10 of this chapter, a defendant may be treated along with another defendant as a single party where recovery is sought against that defendant not based upon the defendant's own alleged act or omission but upon the defendant's relationship to the other defendant.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-33-2(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Chapter 2. Compensatory Damages: Comparative Fault
34-51-2-1. Applicability of Chapter
34-51-2-2. Governmental Entities and Public Employees Excepted
34-51-2-4. Defendant as Single Party
34-51-2-5. Effect of Contributory Fault
34-51-2-6. Barring of Recovery; Degree of Contributory Fault
34-51-2-7. Jury Instructions; Single Party Defendant
34-51-2-8. Jury Instructions; Multiple Defendants
34-51-2-9. Trial Without Jury; Award of Damages
34-51-2-10. Intentional Torts; Full Recovery of Damages From Convicted Defendant
34-51-2-11. Forms of Verdicts; Disclosure Requirements
34-51-2-12. Contribution; Indemnity
34-51-2-13. Inconsistent Verdicts
34-51-2-14. Nonparty Defense; Assertion
34-51-2-15. Nonparty Defense; Burden of Proof
34-51-2-16. Nonparty Defense; Pleadings
34-51-2-17. Nonparty Defense; Medical Malpractice Claims
34-51-2-19. Liens or Claims to Diminish in Same Proportion as Claimant's Recovery Is Diminished