28 states: After considering the evidence and these instructions as a whole the preliminary questions presented for you to answer on the special verdict form are as follows: 1. Was Dr. Debbie Vigil negligent? 2. Was any negligence of Dr. Debbie Vigil a proximate cause of Ken and Cynthia Domann’s injuries and damages? If you answer “no” to either question 1 or 2 on the special verdict form, you shall return the special verdict for Dr. Debbie Vigil and against Ken and Cynthia Domann. If, on the other hand, you answer “yes” to question 1 and 2, you shall determine the amount of money that will compensate Ken and Cynthia Domann for the injuries and damages, and you will otherwise answer the questions required of you on the special verdict form which I will hand to 958 (1st Cir.1986) (<HOLDING>); Skyway Aviation Corp. v. Minneapolis,
holding jury verdict unanimous where jury was charged with alternative aggravating circumstance of burglary involving two different victims holding that where a jury returned with a unanimous finding of no proximate cause but could not reach a unanimous finding on the question of negligence the jury verdict was simple to harmonize and such a finding compelled a judgment for defendant internal quotation marks omitted holding jury trial waiver valid although district court did not inform defendant of right to unanimous verdict holding that a jury verdict finding adea retaliation is inconsistent with a finding of nonwillful discrimination holding that where a jury fails to return unanimous answers to some of the questions on a special verdict form the trial judge can enter judgment on the basis of the unanimous verdicts if they are dispositive of the case