Krock v. Chroust

How courts have described this case

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• where the intent of the jury is clear or obvious, the court has the power to mold the verdict
• jury verdict properly awarded damages for wrongful death action separately from survival action; however, it was impossible to determine whether survival action award encompassed both economic and non-economic damages, because no special verdict used
• jury verdict properly awarded damages for wrongful death action separately from survival action; however, it was impossible to determine whether survival action award encompassed both economic and non-economic damages, because no special verdict used
• where it was impossible to ascertain from the general verdict whether damages were awarded to compensate work loss or the decedent’s pain and suffering, it was improper for the trial justice to mold the verdict by deducting the work-loss benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).