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Ind. Evidence Rule 408
Compromise Offers and Negotiations
Effective January 1, 2014
(a) Prohibited Uses.
Evidence of the following is not admissible on behalf of any party either to prove or disprove the
validity or amount of a disputed claim or to impeach by a prior inconsistent statement or a con-
tradiction:
(1) furnishing, promising, or offering, or accepting, promising to accept, or offering to accept a
valuable consideration in order to compromise the claim; and
(2) conduct or a statement made during compromise negotiations about the claim. Compromise
negotiations include alternative dispute resolution.
(b) Exceptions.
The court may admit this evidence for another purpose, such as proving a witness's bias or pre-
judice, negating a contention of undue delay, or proving an effort to obstruct a criminal investigation
or prosecution.
Provenance
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- rules.incourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
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- supplied-in-06-2026-07-01
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