Personal Injury Case Values in Indiana (2026)

Indiana Personal Injury verdicts show extreme polarization, with a small dataset revealing a massive disparity between high-value catastrophic injury cases and more routine matters — the mean of $50.4M is dramatically skewed by the $159.0M Schnee v. Early verdict and the $42.5M Tesla motorcycle collision award, both from 2024, signaling that juries in the right circumstances are willing to deliver landmark verdicts despite Indiana's generally defense-favorable reputation. The two 2023 cases settled in the $25K–$33K range, illustrating that cases without severe injuries or strong liability narratives resolve at modest figures consistent with the state's conservative jury culture and modified comparative fault threshold. Practitioners should note that high-profile defendants, catastrophic or fatal injuries, and compelling liability facts appear to be the primary drivers capable of overcoming Indiana's traditional jury conservatism and its $500,000 non-economic damages cap in cases where economic damages are substantial.