If a defendant does not object at trial to error in the special verdict form at trial, is it a waiver of their right to complain as to its form?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dunlap v. Starz Home Entm't., LLC, B230069 (Cal. App. 2013):
851 [where defendants did not object at trial to error in verdict form, "it appears to be the settled rule that they have waived their right to complain as to its form"]; Jensen v. BMW of North America, Inc. (1995) 35 Cal.App.4th 112, 131 ["BMW waived any objection to the special verdict form by failing to object before the court discharged the jury"].)
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