§ 1-1-108 — Voluntary partial payment of liability claims

No voluntary partial payment of a claim based on alleged
liability for injury or property damage shall be construed as an
admission of fault or liability, or as a waiver or release of
claim by the person receiving payment. Such payment is not
admissible as evidence in any action for the purpose of
determining the amount of any judgment, with respect to the
parties to the occurrence from which the claim arose. Upon
settlement of the claim, the parties may make any agreement they
desire in respect to all voluntary partial payments. After entry
of judgment, any such payment shall be treated as a credit and
deducted from the amount of the judgment. If after partial
voluntary payments are made it is determined by final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction that the payor is liable
for an amount less than the voluntary payments already made, the
payor has no right of action for the recovery of amounts by
which the voluntary payments exceed the final judgment. No
voluntary partial payments shall be construed to reduce the
amount of damages which may be pleaded and proved in a court
proceeding between the parties.