34-51-2-13. Inconsistent verdicts

IN Code § 34-51-2-13 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 13. 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.]

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