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2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 34. Civil Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 51. DAMAGES
CHAPTER 2. Compensatory Damages: Comparative Fault
34-51-2-13. Inconsistent verdicts
Universal Citation: IN Code § 34-51-2-13 (2017)
IC 34-51-2-13 Inconsistent verdicts
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.
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