Indiana Code 34-50-1-4. Requirements of qualified settlement offer
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Sec. 4. A qualified settlement offer must:
(2) be signed by the offeror or the offeror’s attorney of record;
(1) be in writing;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-50-1-4
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(3) be designated on its face as a qualified settlement offer;
(4) be delivered to each recipient or recipient’s attorney of record:
(A) by registered or certified mail; or
(B) by any method that verifies the date of receipt;
(5) set forth the complete terms of the settlement proposed by the offeror to the recipient in sufficient detail to allow the recipient to decide whether to accept or reject it;
(6) include the name and address of the offeror and the offeror’s attorney of record, if any; and
(7) expressly revoke all prior qualified settlement offers made by the offeror to the recipient.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-44.6-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.46.