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.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.
Last modified: May 24, 2006