Indiana Code 34-50-1-5. Acceptance
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Sec. 5. An acceptance of a qualified settlement offer must be:
(2) in writing;
(1) unconditional;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-50-1-5
- 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) signed by the accepting recipient or the accepting recipient’s attorney of record; and
(4) delivered:
(A) by registered or certified mail or by a means that verifies the date of receipt;
(B) to the offeror or the offeror’s attorney of record; and
(C) not more than thirty (30) days after the recipient receives the qualified settlement offer.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-44.6-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.46.