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  1. In Indiana, punitive damages are capped at the greater of three times compensatory damages or what amount?

    Answer: $50,000

    Indiana Code 34-51-3-4 caps punitive damages at the greater of three times compensatory damages or $50,000.

  2. What percentage of a punitive damages award in Indiana must be paid to the state's Violent Crime Victims Compensation Fund?

    Answer: 75%

    Indiana law allocates 75% of punitive damages awards to the Violent Crime Victims Compensation Fund, leaving the plaintiff 25%.

  3. Under Indiana law, punitive damages must be proven by what standard of proof?

    Answer: Clear and convincing evidence

    Indiana requires clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with malice, fraud, gross negligence, or oppressiveness to support punitive damages.

  4. In Indiana, which court has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from a trial court's imposition of a death sentence?

    Answer: The Indiana Supreme Court

    Appeals in cases imposing a death sentence go directly to the Indiana Supreme Court, bypassing the Court of Appeals.

  5. Under Indiana Trial Rule 76, a party seeking an automatic change of venue from the judge or county must generally file the motion within how many days after the issues are first closed?

    Answer: Ten days

    Trial Rule 76 requires the motion for change of venue to be filed within ten days after the issues are first closed on the merits.

  6. In Indiana, a claim for breach of an oral contract not involving the payment of money is subject to what limitations period?

    Answer: Six years

    Indiana Code 34-11-2-7 applies a six-year statute of limitations to actions on unwritten contracts.

  7. Under Indiana's product liability statute of repose, a product liability action generally must be brought within how many years after delivery of the product to the initial user?

    Answer: Ten years

    Indiana's Product Liability Act bars actions brought more than ten years after delivery to the initial user, with a narrow extension for injuries in years eight to ten.