§ 34-51-4-6 Applicability of chapter upon timely offer of settlement by plaintiffs

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34-51-4-6 Applicability of chapter upon timely offer of settlement by plaintiffs

    Sec. 6. This chapter does not apply if:

    (1) within one (1) year after a claim is filed in the court, or any longer period determined by the court to be necessary upon a showing of good cause, the party who filed the claim fails to make a written offer of settlement to the party or parties against whom the claim is filed;

    (2) the terms of the offer fail to provide for payment of the settlement offer within sixty (60) days after the offer is accepted; or

    (3) the amount of the offer exceeds one and one-third (1 1/3 ) of the amount of the judgment awarded.