Indiana § 34-51-2-13 Inconsistent verdicts

Indiana Statutes

§ 34-51-2-13 — Inconsistent verdicts

Indiana § 34-51-2-13

Title 34CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Art. 51DAMAGES

Ch. 2Compensatory Damages: Comparative Fault

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Ind. Code § 34-51-2-13 (2026).

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

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