PEVETO v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 86-2057.

807 F.2d 486 (1987)

Jerry H. PEVETO and wife, June Peveto, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Carlton, Tommy Gunn, Wingate, Carlton & Gunn, Orange, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Rayborne Thompson, Jr., Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, RUBIN, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Parents of a young man electrocuted while using a circular hand-held saw seek relief from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury that was apparently confused about its fact-finding role. Because we find that the court's response to jury requests for clarification of the jury instructions was not erroneous, the actual damages awarded in the jury's verdict are not clearly inadequate to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries...

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