Ind. Code § 34-51-2-13

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 34-51-2-13 - Inconsistent verdicts

In actions brought under this chapter (or IC 34-4-33 before its repeal), whenever a jury returns verdicts in which the ultimate amounts awarded are inconsistent with its determinations of total damages and percentages of fault, the trial court shall:

(1) inform the jury of such inconsistencies;

(2) order the jury to resume deliberations to correct the inconsistencies; and

(3) instruct the jury that the jury is at liberty to change any portion or portions of the verdicts to correct the inconsistencies.

IC 34-51-2-13

Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-33-9.

As added by P.L. 1-1998, SEC.47.