Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all cases in which a party requests the recovery of punitive damages in a civil action.
Ind. Code § 34-51-3-1
Applicability of chapter
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Durham Ex Rel. Estate of Wade v. U-Haul International (2001)
Most recently applied in Ralph Andrews v. MOR/Ryde International, Inc. (January 2014)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.