Harold Tyner Development Builders, Inc. v. Firstmark Development Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Firstmark asserts the trial court erred in refusing its request for a special verdict form. The question of whether to grant a party's request for a special verdict form is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the trial court and we find no abuse of discretion here. See Rule 49(a), SCRCP ("The court may require a jury to return only a special verdict...." (emphasis added)); Gamble v. Stevenson, 305 S.C. 104, 107 , 406 S.E.2d 350, 352 (1991) ("[T]he determination as to whether special verdict forms should be submitted to the jury is within the sound discretion of the trial judge."). Again, as we discuss below, it is clear which cause of action the jury based its verdict upon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steele v. Dillard

2. “[T]he determination as to whether special verdict forms should be submitted to the jury is within the sound discretion of the trial judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steele v. Dillard