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Chapter 1. Damages Generally
34-51-1-1. Collateral Source Payments - Sec. 1. Evidence of collateral source payments is governed by...
34-51-1-2. Advance Payments in Personal Injury and Property Damage Cases - Sec. 2. Evidence of advance payments in personal injury and...
34-51-1-3. Treble Damages - Sec. 3. Treble damages in certain civil actions by crime...
Chapter 2. Compensatory Damages: Comparative Fault
34-51-2-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter governs any action based on...
34-51-2-2. Governmental Entities and Public Employees Excepted - Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply in any manner...
34-51-2-3. Causation - Sec. 3. In an action brought under this chapter (or...
34-51-2-4. Defendant as Single Party - Sec. 4. For purposes of sections 6 through 10 of...
34-51-2-5. Effect of Contributory Fault - Sec. 5. In an action based on fault, any contributory...
34-51-2-6. Barring of Recovery; Degree of Contributory Fault - Sec. 6. (a) In an action based on fault that...
34-51-2-7. Jury Instructions; Single Party Defendant - Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to an action based...
34-51-2-8. Jury Instructions; Multiple Defendants - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to an action based...
34-51-2-9. Trial Without Jury; Award of Damages - Sec. 9. In an action based on fault that is...
34-51-2-10. Intentional Torts; Full Recovery of Damages From Convicted Defendant - Sec. 10. In the case of an intentional tort, the...
34-51-2-11. Forms of Verdicts; Disclosure Requirements - Sec. 11. The court shall furnish to the jury forms...
34-51-2-12. Contribution; Indemnity - Sec. 12. In an action under this chapter (or IC...
34-51-2-13. Inconsistent Verdicts - Sec. 13. In actions brought under this chapter (or IC...
34-51-2-14. Nonparty Defense; Assertion - Sec. 14. In an action based on fault, a defendant...
34-51-2-15. Nonparty Defense; Burden of Proof - Sec. 15. The burden of proof of a nonparty defense...
34-51-2-16. Nonparty Defense; Pleadings - Sec. 16. A nonparty defense that is known by the...
34-51-2-17. Nonparty Defense; Medical Malpractice Claims - Sec. 17. This section applies to a claim filed with...
34-51-2-18. Actions Against Defendants Who Are Qualified Health Care Providers and Who Are Not Qualified Health Care Providers; Delay; Joinder - Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to an action based...
34-51-2-19. Liens or Claims to Diminish in Same Proportion as Claimant's Recovery Is Diminished - Sec. 19. If a subrogation claim or other lien or...
Chapter 3. Punitive Damages
34-51-3-0.2. Application of Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 34-4-34-3, IC 34-4-34-4, IC...
34-51-3-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all cases in which...
34-51-3-2. Necessity of Evidence of Facts - Sec. 2. Before a person may recover punitive damages in...
34-51-3-3. Restrictions on Jury Instructions - Sec. 3. A jury in a case subject to this...
34-51-3-4. Maximum Award of Damages - Sec. 4. A punitive damage award may not be more...
34-51-3-5. Reduction of Excessive Damage Award - Sec. 5. If a trier of fact awards punitive damages...
34-51-3-6. Payment and Allocation of Damages; Notification; Negotiation of Award; State's Interest in Award - Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in IC 13-25-4-10, when...
Chapter 4. Prejudgment Interest
34-51-4-1. Applicability of Chapter to Tort Actions - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to any civil action arising...
34-51-4-2. Applicability of Chapter to Claims Against Patient's Compensation Fund - Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to a claim...
34-51-4-3. Applicability of Chapter to Punitive Damages Claims - Sec. 3. This chapter does not impose liability for prejudgment...
34-51-4-4. Liability of State or Political Subdivision - Sec. 4. This chapter does not impose liability for prejudgment...
34-51-4-5. Applicability of Chapter Upon Timely Offer of Settlement by Defendants - Sec. 5. This chapter does not apply if: (1) within...
34-51-4-6. Applicability of Chapter Upon Timely Offer of Settlement by Plaintiffs - Sec. 6. This chapter does not apply if: (1) within...
34-51-4-7. Award of Prejudgment Interest as Part of Judgment - Sec. 7. The court may award prejudgment interest as part...
34-51-4-8. Time of Accrual of Prejudgment Interest - Sec. 8. (a) If the court awards prejudgment interest, the...
34-51-4-9. Rate of Prejudgment Interest - Sec. 9. The court shall compute the prejudgment interest at...
Chapter 5. Tax Consequences of Verdict in Tort Action; Jury Instructions
34-51-5-0.2. Application of Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 34-4-35-1 (before its repeal,...
34-51-5-1. Tax Consequences of Verdict - Sec. 1. In a tort action for personal injuries tried...
Chapter 6. Right of Contribution for Railroad Entities Liability Act
34-51-6-1. Right of Contribution - Sec. 1. (a) A railroad entity subject to liability under...
34-51-6-2. Determination of Percentage of Fault; Amount of Damages - Sec. 2. (a) In an action brought under this chapter,...
34-51-6-3. Enforcement of Right of Contribution; Time Limit - Sec. 3. (a) A railroad entity may enforce a right...
34-51-6-4. Bifurcation of Original Claim - Sec. 4. (a) If a railroad entity enforces a right...
34-51-6-5. No Right of Contribution of Liability Relating to Occupational Disease - Sec. 5. A defendant does not have a right of...