Can a party object to a verdict before discharging the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kirsh v. Kirsh, B275276 (Cal. App. 2019):
went to the jury or after the jury returned its verdict. Failure to object to a verdict before discharging the jury and to request clarification or further deliberation precludes a party from later questioning the validity of that verdict if the alleged defect was apparent at the time the verdict was rendered and could have been corrected. (See Keener v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. (2009) 46 Cal.4th 247, 263.)
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