§ 34-51-2-13 Inconsistent verdicts

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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

nconsistencies.