Q: Where can I find sample punitive damages interrogatories?
A:
Just to review, compensatory damages are usually the only damages awarded, in any action. Punitive damages are extremely rare and in Indiana courts, they are limited to $50,000 of which only A maximum of$12,500 is payableTo any Plaintiff. After attorney fees and costs, your recovery is capped at a little more than $8000. I realize that's not what you asked.
The best Interrogatories are tailored to your situation, NOT stock. The best guidance anyone can give for crafting any Interrogatories is to focus on the information that you want/need for the litigation. To prove the punitive damages, you must prove behavior that was either intentional or particularly egregious, simple negligence is not sufficient. Again, I am not trying to evade your question but the likelihood of your prevailing on a claim for punitive damages without an attorney is slightly less favorable than either of us winning the lottery. please also remember that a necessary prerequisite to seeking punitive damages is that you must win compensatory damages. My best advice is that you hire counsel.
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