What is the waiver doctrine when a jury returns an ambiguous verdict and counsel fails to seize the opportunity to raise an objection?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Anderson Grp., LLC v. City of Saratoga Springs, Docket No. 12-3775-cv(L), Docket No. 12-4485-cv(XAP) (2nd Cir. 2015):
jury's answers to those questions,6 to be particularly complicated or unfathomable. Even assuming, however, that there was some confusion, we have applied the waiver doctrine when "the jury returns an ambiguous verdict and counsel fails to seize the opportunity to raise an appropriate objection." U.S. Football League v. Nat'l Football League, 842 F.2d 1335, 1367 (2d Cir. 1988).
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