02.510 Verdict; Quotient

02.510 Verdict; Quotient (Give the following only if requested.) If you find for the plaintiff, then you must determine an amount to be awarded to the plaintiff. The law requires that your verdict be unanimous; that is, agreed to by all jury members after the amount is determined. It is unlawful for you to agree in advance to be bound by the figure to be calculated by each of you writing down your own figure, then adding it up and dividing by twelve. If you wish to use this method to arrive at an amount for discussion without binding yourself in advance to accept the result, you may do so. You are not prohibited from accepting that result and adopting it as your verdict after the amount is determined, if you believe from a preponderance of the evidence that the figure arrived at by this method represents just and adequate damages. However, you must have first found in favor of the plaintiff, and you must all agree that the amount represents your verdict after the amount has been determined. DOT v. Mendel, 237 Ga. App. 900 (1999) Cromer & Thornton Inc. v. Underwood, 64 Ga. App. 519(3) (1941)