Joanne Robles v. Exxon Corporation

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This is a tale of two verdicts. The district court refused to enter judgment for the defendant, Exxon Corporation (“Exxon”), on the first verdict on the ground that juror testimony, received after the jury had rendered its verdict, indicated that the jury’s answers to two special interrogatories were the result of the jury’s failure to understand the court’s instructions. Instead, the court ordered the jury to resume its deliberations. After the jury returned a second verdict, this time in favor of the plaintiff, Joanne Robles, the court entered judgment for her.…