Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-18-1-1 (2026)
Application of article
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. This article does not apply to an act of malpractice that occurred before July 1, 1975.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-2-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 59
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: Lusk v. Swanson, 753 N.E.2d 748 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001).
Lusk v. Swanson, 753 N.E.2d 748 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). “Swanson on September 23, 1998, stating: "if Indiana Code 34-18-1-1, et seq. is applicable to this claim," either party may request formation of a Medical Review Panel.”
Billie Thompson v. Lance Cope, 900 F.3d 414 (7th Cir. 2018). “The court also allowed all but one of the state-law claims to proceed against the paramedic and the hospital without requiring the plaintiff estate to comply with the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act, Ind. Code § 34-18-1-1 et seq. The denial of qualified immunity is appealable as…”
In Re Stephens, 867 N.E.2d 148 (Ind. 2007). “The MMA, which is applicable to acts of malpractice occurring after June 30, 1975, see Ind.Code § 34-18-1-1, set up a system under which health care providers meeting qualifications set forth in the act ("Qualified Provider") would enjoy certain benefits, including a limitation…”
Plank v. Cmty. Hospitals of Indiana, Inc., 981 N.E.2d 49 (Ind. 2013). “By that point Plank had forfeited any opportunity he otherwise may have been afforded to conduct an evidentiary hearing.”
Holmes v. ACandS, Inc., 709 N.E.2d 36 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “5-1-1, repealed and recodified as Ind.Code § 34-18-1-1 et seq., and the Wrongful Death Statute.”
Hematology-Oncology of Indiana, P.C. v. Fruits, 950 N.E.2d 294 (Ind. 2011). “Code § 34-23-1-2, and the Medical Malpractice Act ("MMA"), Ind.Code § 34-18-1-1 et seq. The Court of Appeals affirmed.”
G.F. v. St. Catherine Hosp., Inc., Vatsal K. Patel, D.O., & Indiana Patient's Comp. Fund, 124 N.E.3d 76 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019). “Application of MMA on Dissemination of Protected Health Information [21] Since its enactment in 1975, the MMA has dictated the statutory procedures for medical malpractice actions.”
Mullins v. Parkview Hosp., Inc., 865 N.E.2d 608 (Ind. 2007). “Pursuant to procedures mandated by the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act, Ind.Code § 34-18-1-1, et. seq. (2004), a duly eonsti- *610 fated Medical Review Panel unanimously found that the evidence did not support the conclusion that Dr.”
Med. Assur. Co., Inc. v. Hellman, 610 F.3d 371 (7th Cir. 2010). “See Ind.Code §§ 34-18-1-1 to -18-2. The Medical Malpractice Act (“the Act”) offers certain benefits, including a limitation on liability, to qualified providers who meet statutorily-defined requirements, such as holding malpractice insurance above prescribed levels.”
Alexander v. Scheid, 726 N.E.2d 272 (Ind. 2000). “The Medical Malpractice Act has since been recodified at Indiana Code §§ 34-18-1-1 to 10-26. 2 . The doctors' estimations of the chances of JoAnn’s survival for five years from diagnosis ranged from 10 to 30%.”
Dughaish Ex Rel. Dughaish v. Cobb, 729 N.E.2d 159 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). “The Medical Malpractice Act has since been recodified at Indiana Code §§ 34-18-1-1 to - 10-26. 7 .”
McCabe v. Comm'r, Indiana Dep't of Ins. as Adm'r of the Indiana Patients Comp. Fund, 930 N.E.2d 1202 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “On December 17, 2003, McCabe filed a Proposed Complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance pursuant to the *1204 Indiana Medical Malpractice Act ("the MMA"), Ind.Code § 34-18-1-1, et seq. The parties to the underlying action completed the administrative requirements of the…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.