Jerry H. Peveto and Wife, June Peveto v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Parents of a young man electrocuted while using a circular hand-held saw seek relief from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury that was apparently confused about its fact-finding role. Because we find that the court’s response to jury requests for clarification of the jury instructions was not erroneous, the actual damages awarded in the jury’s verdict are not clearly inadequate to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries, and the only evidence of jury confusion — the jurors’ post-verdict testimony about their mental processes — is barred from…