Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-8-12-15

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Volunteer fire department: means a department or association organized for the purpose of answering fire alarms, extinguishing fires, and providing other emergency services, the majority of members of which receive no compensation or nominal compensation for their services. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
   Sec. 15. The combined aggregate liability of a volunteer fire department for an act or failure to act that is within the scope of the department’s duties does not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) occurrence and does not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) for injury to or death of all persons in that occurrence. A volunteer fire department is not liable for punitive damages.

As added by P.L.217-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.99.