What is the test for interpreting a verdict in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mixon v. Riverview Hospital, 254 Cal.App.2d 364, 62 Cal.Rptr. 379 (Cal. App. 1967):
'* * * it is the function of the trial judge to interpret the verdict from its language considered in connection with the pleadings, evidence and instructions.' (Fernandez v. Consolidated Fisheries, Inc., 117 Cal.App.2d 254, 263, 255 P.2d 863, 869.)
'In construing a verdict, reference may be had to the pleadings, the evidence and the charge of the court.' (Snodgrass
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See also West v. Duncan, supra, 205 Cal.App.2d 140, 143, 22 Cal.Rptr. 833.
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