Chat Phav v. Trueblood, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating “[t]here [wa]s nothing in the deliberation process indicating a compromise verdict” even though the jury deliberated for four hours, asked if the verdict had to be unanimous, and had the court repeat the liability instruction
• “In addition to inadequate damages, the telltale signs of a compromise verdict are a close question of liability and an odd chronology of jury deliberations.”
• Rule 51 applies to special interrogatories as well as to verbal instructions
• “Where a verdict is set aside because of an inadequate damages' award, retrial of all the issues is required ‘if the verdict could only have been a sympathy or compromise verdict.’” (quoting Spell v. McDaniel, 824 F.2d 1380, 1400 (4th Cir. 1987))

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