Opinion ID: 744532
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Inadequacy of the Jury's Verdict

Text: 32 Mr. Maier also claims that, in spite of his failure to file a post-trial motion on the issue of damages, we should reverse the Jury based upon the Jury's inadequate award [of] damages based upon the evidence. Appellant's Br. at 45. To the extent that this argument might be construed as a request for an additur, we are without power to grant the request. See Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc., 518 U.S. 415, ----, 116 S.Ct. 2211, 2222, 135 L.Ed.2d 659 (1996); Dimick v. Schiedt, 293 U.S. 474, 486-87, 55 S.Ct. 296, 301-02, 79 L.Ed. 603 (1935). If, on the other hand, Mr. Maier's argument is a request for a new trial based upon the inadequacy of the jury's verdict, we believe he has waived this argument. At no point did he raise this issue before the trial court. See Hudak v. Jepsen of Illinois, 982 F.2d 249, 250 (7th Cir.1992) (finding argument that evidence did not support jury verdict waived because not raised in trial court). Even were we not to treat the argument as waived, it is without merit. Although AT & T did not present its own witness to testify about Mr. Maier's lost wages and benefits, it vigorously cross-examined Mr. Maier's expert on this issue. It elicited from Dr. Rushing responses that indicated areas in which the jury could have believed that Dr. Rushing's calculations were inflated or did not accurately reflect the damages Mr. Maier suffered.