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Indiana Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
Indiana
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

Statewide system does not track mass torts, but individual courts may. 

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

See Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure R. 23 and local orders.

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Statutes

None known.

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Case law

No. Indiana Pub. Service Co. v. Bolka, No. 46A04-9708-CV-344; Cornerwood Healthcare Inc. v. Estate of Herron, No. 82A01-9701-CV-34. 

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Administrative orders

None known.

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Interlocutory appeal

Indiana Rule of Appellate Procedure R. 14; see No. Indiana Pub. Service Co. v. Bolka, No. 46A04-9708-CV-344; Cornerwood Healthcare Inc. v. Estate of Herron, No. 82A01-9701-CV-34. 

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Infrastructure: special dockets

Asbestos and silica cases have pertinent local orders.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

None known.

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Case management

None; the state is currently in the process of developing a statewide case management system.

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Technology

Marion Superior Court uses VServe.

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Last Modified: 8/28/2006 5:52:50 PM

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