
216 F.Supp. 734 (1963)
Catherine B. NOLLENBERGER et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
Pernita C. THOMPSON et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
Myrtle C. THEOBALD et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
Marjorie I. MATLOCK et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
Nos. 62-1600 to 62-1602, 62-1606.
United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.
April 12, 1963.
*735 *736 Ben Margolis, and Robert G. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.
Hugh B. Rotchford and James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal., for United Air Lines.
HALL, Chief Judge.
The within cases are wrongful death actions arising out of the same mid-air collision described in the Opinions dated November 14, 1962, and December 7, 1962, and found in United States v. United Air Lines, Inc., D.C., 216 F.Supp. 709, to which reference is made for more detail.
As will be seen from the above-mentioned Opinion of November 14, 1962, the Court consolidated the Nollenberger case with the Matlock, Theobald, Thompson, Klehfoth and Paris cases in the District of Nevada for joint trial to one jury on both the question of liability and damages. By the same Order, the Crossclaims of the United States against United Air Lines and the Cross-claims of United Air Lines against the United States were severed for trial from the claims of the individual plaintiffs against United Air Lines.
On December 5, 1962, the Court, after argument on motions of the plaintiffs, indicated that it would grant summary judgment, in the consolidated cases, against United Air Lines on the question of liability only, as is further seen from the above-mentioned Opinion of December 7, 1962.
Thereafter, and on December 10, 1962, counsel stipulated for a change of venue for the trial of the issue of damages, from the District of Nevada to the Southern District of California, Central Division, in the Nollenberger, Matlock, Theobald, Thompson, Pebles, Paris and Darmody cases.[1]
In the Pebles and Darmody cases, pending against United Air Lines only, the parties stipulated to the amount of a judgment, reserving all rights on appeal.
The Court then proceeded to try the Paris, Nollenberger, Matlock, Theobald and Thompson cases in the Southern District of California to a single jury, in that order, receiving a verdict in each case before proceeding with the next case.[2]
The matters now before the court are the motions of the plaintiffs in the Nollenberger, Thompson, Theobald and Matlock cases[3] for relief under the provisions *737 of F.R.Civ.P., rule 49(b)[4] which was utilized for the purpose of submitting special interrogatories and a general verdict to the jury in each of those four cases.
There is also before the Court the Motion of defendant United Air Lines to strike the affidavit of Chapin which plaintiffs filed in support of their motions.
The plaintiffs (except Paris) originally filed a motion for new trial only, on the following grounds:
(1) Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the judgment;
(2) Inadequate damages contrary to the evidence; and
(3) Inconsistency of the general verdict with the special verdict.
Thereafter, at the conclusion of the trial of all five of the cases, the plaintiffs renewed their motion on the same grounds in the Nollenberger, Matlock, Theobald and Thompson cases, but moved, in the alternate, for one of three procedures:
(1) That the Court submit additional interrogatories to the jury;
(2) That the Court calculate the general damages from the answers to the special interrogatories and enter judgment for such sum; or
(3) That the Court grant a new trial.
By the express terms of Rule 49(b), F.R.Civ.P., where the special findings of fact in response to special interrogatories are consistent with each other but one or more is inconsistent with the general verdict, "the court may direct the entry of judgment in accordance with the answers, notwithstanding the general verdict or may return the jury for further consideration of its answers and verdict or may order a new trial."
The procedures authorized by the rule are not new. Examples of the use of such procedures before the promulgation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938, and while the Conformity Act was in effect, are found in: Prentice v. Zane's Administrator (1850), 8 How. [49 U.S.] 470-483, 12 L.Ed. 1160; Graham v. Bayne (1855) 18 How. [59 U.S.] 60, 63, 15 L.Ed. 265; United States v. Pinover (D.C., 1880) 3 F. 305; Spokane & I. E. R. Co. v. Campbell (C.C.A.9, 1914) 217 F. 518, aff'd 241 U.S. 497, 36 S.Ct. 683, 60 L.Ed. 1125; United States v. McPhee (C.C.A.9, 1929) 31 F.2d 243.
There can be no question of the constitutionality of the rule or in following any one of the alternate procedures set out by it in view of Walker v. New Mexico & So. Pacific R. R. Co., (1897) 165 U.S. 593, 17 S.Ct. 421, 41 L.Ed. 837, which held that a statute of the then Territory of New Mexico containing similar provisions did not contravene the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court, inter alia, stated, at page 597, 17 S.Ct. at page 422: "It would certainly startle the profession to be told that such statutes contravene a constitutional requirement of the inviolability of jury trials."
*738 As stated by the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit in Pacific Greyhound Lines v. Zane et al. (1947) 160 F.2d 731-737, Rule 49, F.R.Civ.P., was "designed to encourage and facilitate the use of the special verdict, or, in the alternative, the general verdict accompanied by the jury's answers to interrogatories as to issues of fact."
In short, the rule is designed to take some of the mystery out of general verdicts where, in case after case, neither counsel for either side nor the Court have been able to reconcile the verdict with the evidence. That was the purpose of the use of interrogatories in these cases.
The first task of the Court is to determine whether or not the Findings of Fact in the answers, given by the jury to the special interrogatories, are consistent with each other and whether one or more, if consistent with each other, are inconsistent with the general verdict fixing the total sum of damages to the plaintiffs resulting from the death of the decedent. And in doing so, Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 372 U.S. 108, 83 S.Ct. 659, 9 L.Ed.2d 618 (1963), "it is the duty of the courts to attempt to harmonize the answers, if it is possible under a fair reading of them: `Where there is a view of the case that makes the jury's answers to special interrogatories consistent, they must be resolved that way.' Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., 369 U.S. 355, 364, 82 S.Ct. 780, 786, 7 L.Ed.2d 798. We therefore must attempt to reconcile the jury's findings, by exegesis if necessary, as in Arnold v. Panhandle & S. F. R. Co., 353 U.S. 360, 77 S.Ct. 840, 1 L.Ed. 2d 889; McVey v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 288 F.2d 53 (C.A.5th Cir.); Morris v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 187 F.2d 837 (C.A.2d Cir.) (collecting authorities), before we are free to disregard the jury's special verdict and remand the case for new trial."
The Ninth Circuit has stated it thusly in Golden North Airways v. Tanana Publishing Company (1954) 218 F.2d 612, at 618, 15 Alaska 303, where it said: "It is also the rule that if the special verdict or special findings can be reconciled with the general verdict, the court should do so."
The text of the special verdict on damages in the Nollenberger case is as follows:
"We, the Jury in the above entitled case, unanimously find as follows:


                     QUESTIONS                          ANSWERS
     1. Which one of the following named persons,
        viz.: William Edward Nollenberger,
         45 years of age on April 21, 1958;
         Catherine B. Nollenberger, his widow,
         age 47 on April 21, 1958; William Edward
         Nollenberger, Jr., son, age 20 on
         April 21, 1958; Lawrence P. Nollenberger,
         son, age 11 on April 21, 1958;
         had the shortest life expectancy?          Wm. E. Nollenberger
                                                  _______________________
                                                          (Name)
     2. How many years was that life expectancy
        on April 21, 1958?                                  25
                                                  _______________________
                                                  (Total number of years)
     3. How many years was decedent's work
        and earning expectancy from and after
        April 21, 1958?                                   15 yrs
                                                  _______________________
                                                  (Total number of years)



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     4. From and after April 21, 1958, what
        total sum of money do you find the decedent
        would have earned during the
        period of his work and earning expectancy
        stated in your answer to No. 3
        above?                                             $235,210
                                                     _____________________
                                                            (Total)
     5. From and after the end of his work
        and earning expectancy, and during
        the remainder of his life, if any such
        remained, what total sum of money do
        you find decedent would have received
        as a result of his government employment?          $100,200
                                                     _____________________
                                                          (Total sum)
     6. What is the total reasonable value of
        services susceptible of being furnished
        by others which you find it was reasonably
        probable that decedent would
        have provided under my instructions
        to you to the plaintiffs during his lifetime?       $25,000
                                                     _____________________
                                                         (Total value)
     7. What percentage of his annual earnings,
        had he lived, from and after
        April 21, 1958, would have been used
        by decedent for his own personal expenses
        which were eliminated by his
        death?                                                25%
                                                     _____________________
                                                     (Percentage of annual
                                                             earnings)
     8. What percentage of his income would
        be paid as annual income tax had he
        lived after April 21, 1958?                           15%
                                                     _____________________
     9. What percentage of the income from
        the award will be paid by plaintiffs as
        income tax?                                           11%
                                                     _____________________
    10. In determining the present reasonable
        value of services as defined in No. 6
        above, what annual rate of inflation,
        if any, do you find should be allowed?                 1%
                                                     _____________________
    11. What discount rate should be applied
        in arriving at the total sum of general
        damages?                                               4%
                                                     _____________________
                                                        (Discount rate)
    12. What sum of money do you find plaintiffs'
        general damages to be which you
        assess against Defendant United Air
        Lines?                                            $114,655.00
                                                     _____________________

DATED: At Los Angeles, California, January 16, 1963.
                                          S/ Burford A. Reynold     
                                               Foreman"
*740 The answers to the Special Interrogatories No. 1 to No. 11 are plainly consistent with each other and are amply supported by the evidence.
But, in repeated efforts to "harmonize" and "reconcile" the answers to the 11 special interrogatories with the general verdict of $114,655.00, I have been unable to do so. And hence I must and do conclude that they are not harmonious or reconcilable.
While Rule 49(b) F.R.Civ.P., under such circumstances permits, as one of three alternatives, the Court to re-submit the matter to the jury for further consideration, the plaintiffs desire the Court to go further and to submit additional interrogatories along the lines of the additional interrogatories submitted in the Theobald and Thompson cases. While there is historical precedent for interrogating the jury after a general verdict [Walker v. New Mexico & So. Pacific R. R. Co. (1897) 165 U.S. 593, 595, at 597, 17 S.Ct. 421, at 422, 41 L.Ed. 837, and cases there cited; Rockefeller v. Wedge (3 Cir. 1906) 149 F. 130] I am constrained to think, in view of the fact that Walker v. New Mexico & So. Pacific R. R. Co., was cited in the note to Rule 49(b) by the Advisory Committee on Rules for Civil Procedure, which formulated the Rules, that had it been the intention to permit additional interrogatories to be submitted after the general verdict and answers to the special interrogatories submitted with the verdict, the rule would have so provided, and the rule would not have contained the restrictive language of the second sentence of Rule 49(b) that the Court "* * * shall direct the jury both to make written answers and to render a general verdict," or the language in the fourth sentence of Rule 49(b) (applicable here) that the Court, as one alternative, "* * * may return the jury for further consideration of its answers and verdict."
It could be argued from the portion of the rule last quoted that if that procedure were followed the jury could change both its answers and general verdict, or only the answers and not the general verdict. If such were true, it appears to me it would only lead to greater confusion. That such action by the jury was not intended by the Rule is evidenced from the citation in the note to Rule 49 by the Advisory Committee of the case of Victor-American Fuel Co. v. Peccarich (C.C. A.1913) 209 F. 568, cert. den. 232 U.S. 727, 34 S.Ct. 603, 58 L.Ed. 817. In that case the Court stated, at page 571: "* * * these special findings must control when they clearly compel a different judgment from that which would follow the general verdict," and as authority for that proposition cited Walker v. New Mexico & So. Pacific R. R. Co., supra, among others, which states the same proposition in 165 U.S. at page 598, 17 S.Ct. at page 422.
Counsel cite Momand v. Universal Film Co. (D.C.Mass.1947) 72 F.Supp. 469 [Aff'd without discussion of the point in 172 F.2d 37, cert. den. 336 U.S. 967, 69 S.Ct. 939, 93 L.Ed. 1118, reh. den. 337 U.S. 934, 961, 69 S.Ct. 1493, 1529, 93 L.Ed. 1740, 1760] for the proposition that additional interrogatories may be submitted after a general verdict. But the record as to what procedure was actually followed is not clear enough in that case to be authoritative.
Rockefeller v. Wedge (C.C.A.3, 1906) 149 F. 130 was a suit on a promissory note. The defenses of misrepresentation and cancellation were submitted on two special interrogatories with a general verdict. The jury found for the defendant in its general verdict, but apparently for the plaintiff on the issue of misrepresentation, so that there was inconsistency between one special answer and the general verdict. At the time the verdict was rendered, the jury, upon inquiry from the Court, put its general verdict on the second ground, viz: cancellation. The Court stated at page 132:
"The practice of calling on jurors to specialize their verdict in the way that was done is furthermore deprecated, and the right of the court to do so is challenged. But the right to interrogate a jury, and to act upon their findings, is directly sustained *741 in Walker v. [New Mexico &] Southern Pacific R. R. [Co.], 165 U.S. 593, 597, 17 Sup.Ct. 421, 41 L.Ed. 837, and City of Elizabeth v. Fitzgerald, 114 Fed. 547, 52 C.C.A. 321, and does not need to be vindicated here. And, far from being open to the criticism made of it, if it were oftener resorted to, it would save not a few mistrials; many rulings to which objection could otherwise be justly made being eliminated and rendered harmless. Clementsen on Special Verdicts, 95, 286; 4 Mich. Law Rev. 493."
In the other cases turned up, the Court has accepted the answers as correct, and either increased or reduced the general verdict.
In Kowtko v. Delaware and Hudson R. R. Corp. (D.C.M.D.Pa.1955) 131 F. Supp. 95, 11 interrogatories were submitted to a jury in a grade-crossing death case under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts of Pennsylvania. Apparently all of the interrogatories related to liability, and all were answered in plaintiff's favor. The court nonetheless reduced the general verdict because not in conformity with the answers, and the evidence.
Hudson Rug Refinishing & Cleaning Corp. v. Prime (C.C.A.7, 1940) 115 F. 2d 615, was a case which stated that the interrogatories were submitted under F.R.Civ.P. 49(a) but which nevertheless appear to have been submitted under F.R.Civ.P. 49(b) for the reason that the jury answered certain special interrogatories and found a total sum of damages. The Appellate Court affirmed the action of the Trial Court in increasing the total sum of damages, basing its action on the answers to the special interrogatories.
Wayne v. New York Life Ins. Co. (C. C.A.8, 1942) 132 F.2d 28, was a case involving disability benefits sought under a life insurance policy. Five special interrogatories were submitted under Rule 49(b). The Jury answered four in such a way that answer to the fifth was unnecessary, and gave judgment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff thereafter filed a motion to enter judgment in conformity to the Jury's answers to the special interrogatories, which motion was denied by the District Court. The Court of Appeals held that there was inconsistency between the general verdict and the interrogatories, and modified the general verdict to conform to the answers to the interrogatories.
Shaffer v. Great American Indemnity Co. (C.C.A.5, 1945) 147 F.2d 981, was a case arising under the Workmen's Compensation Laws of Texas. The court submitted special interrogatories to the Jury under Rule 49. It is not clear whether the interrogatories were under Subdivision (a) or Subdivision (b), but in any event, the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, remanded the case to the District Court with directions to correct the verdict in accordance with the answers to the special interrogatories.
United States v. City of Jacksonville, Arkansas (C.C.A.8, 1958) 257 F.2d 330, was an action in eminent domain. In that case the court submitted two interrogatories and a general verdict, and held that the answer to the interrogatory No. 2 was inconsistent with the general verdict, and remanded the case to the Trial Court with directions to enter judgment in accordance with the answers to the special interrogatories and for a different sum than was found in the general verdict.
McVey v. Phillips Petroleum Company (5 Cir. 1961) 288 F.2d 53, was a negligence action wherein special interrogatories were submitted, and also general interrogatories. The general interrogatories found the dollar sum of damages, but the Trial Court found the answers to be inconsistent with each other and with the general verdict, and entered judgment in accordance with some of the special interrogatories.
Morris v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co. (2 Cir. 1951) 187 F.2d 837, was a death case wherein eleven special interrogatories and a general verdict were used under F.R.Civ.P. 49(b). The court held there was no inconsistency and sustained the *742 verdict. The court there observed (page 841) that the often desirable practice permitted by the last two sentences of Rule 49(b) "should be resorted to with discrimination and foresight; it should never be used for mere cross-examination of the jury to create error for the record. Its purpose and best achievement is to enable errors already potential because of confusions of fact or law `to be localized so that the sound portions of the verdict may be saved.' Sunderland, Verdicts, General and Special, 29 Yale L.J. 253, 259; 34 Ill.L.Rev. 96. It is hence best available, when, as the judge can foresee, the issues can be thus clearly and simply differentiated, to save on appeal at least that portion which cannot be questioned; * * *."
I conclude (1) that the findings of fact of the jury in answer to special interrogatories control over the general verdict; (2) that it is not within the power of the court under F.R.Civ.P. 49 (b) to submit additional interrogatories after the jury has returned its verdict answering special interrogatories and at the same time returned a general verdict;[5] (3) that in the Nollenberger and Matlock cases the answers to the special interrogatories are consistent with each other and inconsistent with and cannot be reconciled or harmonized with the general verdict; (4) that before granting a new trial, it is the duty of the Court to make calculations from the special interrogatories, and enter a judgment thereon. Which latter, I shall now do.
It is implicit in the answers by the Jury to the interrogatories that each decedent would have remained employed by the Government as a Civil Service employee during the remainder of his work expectancy.
That being so, the salary and in-grade steps of each decedent are and have been governed by Statute, which was explained to the Jury, and the present applicable Statute was read to them. [Salary Act of 1962, 76 Stat. 832, Secs. 701 and 702, 5 U.S.C. §§ 1113, 1121 et seq].
In making the calculations on the answers to the interrogatories, there are five items to be separately evaluated, viz:
Item IEarnings from date of death to date of trial. Kowtko v. Delaware & Hudson R. R. Corp. (M.D. Pa.1955) 131 F.Supp. 95, at 107, held that such earnings under the Pennsylvania rule should have interest added to date of trial and should not be discounted. There appears to be no Nevada rule on the subject. The rule followed in Kowtko is a just and sensible rule as it prevents punishing the plaintiffs, who are wholly innocent victims of defendant's negligence, by depriving them of interest on money they were entitled to receive on the decedents' deaths, and it prevents rewarding the defendant for delays (five years now in these cases) which have occurred. Evidence and argument were permitted on that basis. The cases were tried in January and February, 1963, and it having been expected that they would be finished in January, 1963, January 1, 1963, was taken, during the trial, as the date nearest to judgment. But no judgment having yet been entered in any of the above cases, and none will be entered until after this decision on plaintiffs' motions, the Court will consider May 1, 1963, the nearest month end (five years after death) as the date of trial and judgment.
A reasonable rate of interest is all that is required. [Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Kelly (1916) 241 U.S. 485 at 490, 36 S.Ct. 630 at 632, 60 L.Ed. 1117]. In view of the finding by the jury in answer to Interrogatory No. 11 that four per cent is the applicable discount rate, that percentum will be applied and added to Item I.
Item IIEarnings for remainder of work expectancy of each decedent from and after May 1, 1963, discounted to present worth at four per cent [Ans. 11].
*743 Item IIIPension earnings for the total number of years of life expectancy of each decedent after the end of his work expectancy, discounted to present worth at four per cent [Ans. 11].
Item IVValue of decedent's personal service [Ans. 6] plus one per cent inflation [Ans. 10] discounted to present worth at four per cent [Ans. 11]. Five years having already passed, the damages accrued to date will be calculated as Item IV-A, and the remainder will be discounted from May 1, 1963, as Item IV-B.
Item VTotal sum to be paid by plaintiffs as income tax on income from award [Ans. 9] discounted to present worth at four per cent [Ans. 11].[5a]
Item I requires the deduction of personal expenses of each decedent [Ans. 7], the income tax payable by the decedent [Ans. 8] and 6½ per cent of his salary required to be contributed by law toward his pension, before adding interest, compounded annually, to date of trial.
Item II requires the same deductions, and the resulting sum must be discounted to its present value [Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Kelly (1916) 241 U.S. 485, at 489-490, 36 S.Ct. 630, at 631-632, 60 L.Ed. 1117] at four per cent [Ans. 11].
Item III being pension, from which the 6½ per cent contribution is not deductible, would be subject only to the personal expense deduction [Ans. 7] and income tax deduction [Ans. 8].
Neither Item IV nor Item V require any deductions.


                              NOLLENBERGER
                                 ITEM I
     Earnings after death to date, i. e. 4/21/58 to 5/1/63 ......$ 60,558.00[6]
         Minus 25% [Ans. 7], 15% [Ans. 8] and 6½%
     contribution to decedents pension, i. e., 46½%, which
     leaves 53½% of $60,588 total contribution to family
     for above period ...........................................$ 32,399.00[7]
         $32,399 ÷ 5 years equals $6,480 annually;
     Interest on each annual total of $6,480, compounded annually
     at 4% [Ans. 11] from one year after death to
     5/1/63 .....................................................$  2,696.00
                                                                 _____________
                       TOTAL OF ITEM I ..........................$ 35,095.00
                                 ITEM II
     Answer 4Total earnings during work expectancy of
     15 years [Ans. 3] ..........................................$235,210.00
         Minus earnings in five years since death to date
     [Item I] ...................................................$ 60,558.00
                                                                 _____________
     Earnings during 10 years remainder of work expcy ...........$174,652.00
         Minus 25% [Ans. 7], 15% [Ans. 8] and 6½%
     contribution to his pension, i. e. 46½%, leaves 53½% of
     $174,652.00 as contribution to family for balance of work
     expectancy (120 months) from 5/1/63, viz: ..................$ 93,439.00



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         To be discounted to present worth as follows:
     $93,439 ÷ 120 equals monthly contribution to family during
     balance of work expectancy of ..............................$    779.00
     Discount factor from Ex. 9 [10 yr. = 99.10] × $779.00
     monthly equals - $77,199.00 -
         Total of Item II, present worth of $93,439 discounted
     to present value [779 × 99.10][8] .......................$ 77,199.00
         That is to say, $77,199.00 invested today (May 1, 1963) at four
     per cent interest will produce $93,439.00 at the rate of $779.00 per
     month for the next 120 months, at the end of which time both the
     principle and interest will be exhausted.
                                 ITEM III
     Answer 5Total pension .....................................$100,200.00
         Minus 25% [Ans. 7] and 15% [Ans. 8], i. e., 40% leaving
     60% of $100,200 as contribution to family to be discounted
     to present worth as follows: ...............................$ 60,120.00
         $60,120.00 divided by 120 months [10 yr. life expectancy
     after work expectancy, Answers 2 and 3] equals
     monthly contribution to family .............................$    501.00
         Discount factor [Ex. 9] at 4% [Ans. 11] is 66.95.
     [Pension not being due until 10 years from now (5/1/63)
     and payable for ten years, discount factor is secured by
     subtracting 10 yr. factor of 99.10 from 20 year factor of
     166.05, which equals 66.95].
          TOTAL ITEM III501 × 66.95 equals .....................$ 33,542.00
                                                                 _____________
         That is to say, $33,542.00 invested today (5/1/63) at four per cent
     will produce $60,120.00 at the rate of $501.00 per month for ten years
     beginning 10 years from now, at the end of which time both the principle
     and interest will be exhausted.
                                 ITEM IV
     Total value [Ans. 6] of personal services of decedent to
     plaintiffs over decedent's life expectancy of 25 years [Ans.
     2] .........................................................$ 25,000.00
                                                                 ______________
     A - from death to 5/1/63 at $1,000 per year ................$  5,000.00
         Total interest at 4% [Ans. 11] compounded annually
     on each annual sum of $1,000 from one year after death
     to 5/1/63, plus 1% inflation [Ans. 10] equals ..............$    525.00
                                                                 _____________
         TOTAL ITEM IV-A   ......................................$  5,525.00
     B - Total from 5/1/63 to end of life expectancy which is
     20 years [Ans. 2] .........................................$  20,000.00
     Add inflation of 1% per year [Ans. 10] on $1,000 annually
     for 20 years ...............................................$  2,021.00
                                                                 _____________
     To be discounted to present worth at 4% [Ans. 11] ..........$ 22,021.00
     $22,021 ÷ 240 months equals $91.75 per month.
     TOTAL ITEM IV-B - 20 year factor at 4% - 166.057
     [Ex. 9] × $92.00 equals ....................................$ 15,277.00



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   That is to say, $15,277.00 invested on May 1, 1963, will produce
$22,021.00 at the rate of $92.00 per month over the next 20 years, at
which time both principle and interest will be exhausted.
                            TOTAL ITEMS IV-A and IV-B - $ 20,802.00
                              ITEM V
ITEM I .................................................$ 35,095.00
ITEM II ................................................$ 77,199.00
ITEM III ...............................................$ 33,542.00
ITEM IV ................................................$ 20,802.00
                                                        ____________
                         TOTAL .........................$166,638.00
4% annual income [Ans. 11] .............................$  6,665.00
11% annual income tax thereon [Ans. 9] .................$    733.00
Monthly requirement ....................................$     61.00
    $61.00 divided by two because of depleting nature of
principle of the fund ..................................$     30.50
TOTAL OF ITEM V - 20 yr. factor at 4% [Ex. 9] -
    166.05 × $30.50 ....................................$  5,064.00
    That is to say, $5,064.00 invested on May 1, 1963 at four per cent
per annum will produce $30.50 per month for the next 20 years, at
which time both the principle and interest will be exhausted.
    SUB-TOTAL OF ITEMS I, II, III and IV ...............$166,638.00
    PLUS ITEM V ........................................$  5,064.00
                                                        ____________
        TOTAL NOLLENBERGER AWARD .......................$171,702.00

The motion of plaintiffs to submit additional interrogatories to the Jury is denied.
The motion for new trial is also denied.
The motion of defendant United Air Lines to strike the affidavit of Chapin is granted.
Counsel for plaintiffs will prepare and submit a judgment under the Rules, in favor of plaintiffs Nollenberger and against defendant United Air Lines for the above sum of $171,702.00.

MATLOCK
The Interrogatories and Verdict in the Matlock case are as follows: "We, the Jury in the above-entitled case, unanimously find as follows:


                     "QUESTIONS                           ANSWERS
     1. Which one of the following named persons,
        viz: Charles Dale Matlock, 40
        years of age on April 21, 1958; Marjorie
        I. Matlock, his widow, 38 years
        of age on April 21, 1958; Mardale Matlock,
        daughter, 16 years of age on April
        21, 1958, had the shortest life expectancy?   Chas. Dale Matlock
                                                   _________________________
                                                             (Name)
     2. How many years was that life expectancy
        on April 21, 1958?                                    30
                                                   _________________________
                                                       (Number of years)



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     3. How many years was decedent's work
        and earning expectancy from and after
        April 21, 1958?                                         20
                                                       ______________________
                                                          (Number of years)
     4. From and after April 21, 1958, what
        total sum of money do you find the decedent
        would have earned during the
        period of his work and earning expectancy
        stated in your answer to No. 3
        above?                                                 319,014
                                                       ______________________
                                                               (Total)
     5. From and after the end of his work
        and earning expectancy, and during the
        remainder of his life, if any such remained,
        what total sum of money do
        you find decedent would have received
        as a pension paid as a result of his government
        employment?                                          111,120.00
                                                       ______________________
                                                             (Total sum)
     6. What is the total reasonable value of
        services susceptible of being furnished
        by others which you find it was reasonably
        probable that decedent would
        have provided under my instructions
        to you to the plaintiffs during his lifetime?        45,000.00
                                                       ______________________
                                                            (Total value)
     7. What percentage of his annual earnings,
        had he lived, from and after April
        21, 1958, would have been used by decedent
        for his own personal expenses
        which were eliminated by his death?                     25%
                                                       ______________________
                                                       (% of annual earnings)
     8. What percentage of his income would
        be paid as annual income tax had he
        lived after April 21, 1958?                             16.6
                                                       ______________________
     9. What percentage of the income from
        the award will be paid by plaintiffs as
        income tax?                                              13%
                                                       ______________________
    10. In determining the present reasonable
        value of services as defined in No. 6
        above, what annual rate of inflation, if
        any, do you find should be allowed?                       1%
                                                       ______________________
    11. What discount rate should be applied in
        arriving at the total sum of general
        damages?                                                  4%
                                                       ______________________
                                                          (Discount rate)



*747
12. What sum of money do you find plaintiffs'
    general damages to be which you
    assess against Defendant United Air
    Lines?                                       $157,969.00
                                             ____________________

DATED: At Los Angeles, California, January 25, 1963.
                                           Burford A. Reynolds  
                                                    Foreman"
The decedent, Charles Dale Matlock, was a Civil Service employee of the Air Force. The same Statutes fixed his salary and step and grade increases and pension as fixed in the Nollenberger case. [See FN 6, page 15]. The same principles and methods of calculation used in Nollenberger are applicable here.


                            ITEM I
Earnings after death to date, i. e., 4/21/58 to 5/1/63 ......$ 54,765.00
                                                             ___________
    Minus 25% [Ans. 7], 16.6% [Ans. 8] and 6½% contribution
to pension equals 48.1%, which leaves 51.9% of $54,765.00
as contribution to family for above period ..................$ 28,423.00
$28,423 ÷ 5 years equals $5,685 annually.
Interest on each annual total of $5,685 compounded annually
at 4% [Ans. 11] from one year after death to 5/1/63 .........$  2,361.00
                                                             ___________
                       TOTAL OF ITEM I ......................$ 30,784.00
                            ITEM II
Ans. 4Total earnings during work expectancy of 20
years [Ans. 3] ..............................................$319,014.00
    Minus earnings in 5 years from death to date, i. e.,
4/21/58 to 5/1/63 ...........................................$ 54,765.00
                                                             ___________
Earnings during 15 year remainder of work expectancy ........$264,249.00
    Minus 25% [Ans. 7], 16.6% [Ans. 8] and 6½% contribution
to pension, i. e., 48.1% which leaves 51.9% of $264,249.00
as contribution to family for balance 15 years (180
months) from 5/1/63, viz. ...................................$137,145.00
$137,145.00 ÷ 180 months is monthly contribution to family
of ..........................................................$    762.00
15 year factor (Ex. 9) from 5/1/63 at 4%
[Ans. 11] is 135.85 × 762.00 equals .........................$103,518.00
                                                             ___________
                       TOTAL OF ITEM II .....................$103,518.00

That is to say, $103,518 invested today (May 1, 1963) at four per cent will produce $137,145, at the rate of $762 per month for the next 15 years, at which time both the principle and the interest will be exhausted.


*748
                                 ITEM III
    Ans. 5Total pension ............................................$111,120.00
        Minus 25% [Ans. 7] and 16.6% [Ans. 8], i. e., 41.6%
    leaves 58.4% of $111,120.00 as contribution to family .............$ 64,894.00
    $64,894 to be discounted to present worth as follows: $64,894
    ÷ 120 months [10 yrs. life expectancy after work expectancy,
    Ans. 2 and 3] equals monthly contribution to family
    of ................................................................$    540.00
        Discount factor (Ex. 9) at 4% [Ans. 11] is 55.02.
    [Pension not being due until 15 years from now (5/1/63)
    and payable for 10 years, discount factor is secured by subtracting
    15 year factor of 135.8494 from 25 year factor of
    190.8775 (25 yrs. being remainder of life expectancy of decedent)
    ...................................................................
      TOTAL ITEM III  540 × 55.02 equals .............................$ 29,710.80
        That is to say, $29,710 invested as of 5/1/63 at four per cent will
    produce $64,894.00 at the rate of $540.00 per month for a 10 year period
    beginning 15 years from now, at the end of which time both the
    principle and the interest will be exhausted.
                                 ITEM IV
    Total value [Ans. 6] of personal services of decedent to
    plaintiffs over decedent's life expectancy of 30 years [Ans. 2]
    which averages $1,500 a year ......................................$ 45,000.00
                                                                       ___________
      A - From death to 5/1/63 at $1,500 (5 yrs) .......................$ 7,500.00
        Interest at 4% [Ans. 11] compounded annually on
    each annual sum of $1,500 from one year after death to
    5/1/63, plus 1% inflation [Ans. 10] i. e., 5% equals ..............$    788.00
                                                                       ___________
                            TOTAL ITEM IV-A ...........................$  8,288.00
      B - Total for 25 years from 5/1/63 to end of life expectancy
    [Ans. 2] i. e., $7,500 for 5 years from death to date subtracted
    from $45,000 equals ...............................................$ 37,500.00
        Add inflation of 1% per year [Ans. 10] on $1,500 annually
    for 25 years equals ...............................................$  4,871.00
                                                                       ___________
                                                                       $ 42,371.00
        TOTAL IV-B, present worth of $42,371 at 4% [Ans. 11]
    for 25 years (300 months) at $141.00 per month × 190.87
    [Ex. 9] equals ....................................................$ 26,913.00
        Plus TOTAL IV-A ...............................................$  8,288.00
                                                                       ___________
                          TOTAL ITEM IV ...............................$ 35,201.00



*749
                                  ITEM V
     ITEM I ........................................................$ 30,784.00
     ITEM II .......................................................$103,518.00
     ITEM III ......................................................$ 29,710.00
     ITEM IV .......................................................$ 35,201.00
                                                                    ___________
                                                                    $199,213.00
     4% annual income [Ans. 11] ....................................$  7,968.00
     13% annual income tax thereon .................................$  1,036.00
     Monthly requirement ...........................................$     86.00
     $86 divided by two because of depleting nature of the principal
     of the fund ...................................................$     43.00
     25 yr. factor [30 (Ans. 2) minus 5 years gone by] at 4%
     [Ans. 11] is 190.87 -
          TOTAL ITEM V - 190.87 × $43.00 ...........................$  8,207.00
          SUB-TOTAL OF ITEMS I, II, III, IV ........................$199,213.00
                TOTAL MATLOCK AWARD ................................$207,420.00

The motion of plaintiffs to submit additional interrogatories to the Jury is denied.
The motion for new trial is also denied.
The motion of defendant United Air Lines to strike the affidavit of Chapin is granted.
Counsel for plaintiffs will prepare and submit a judgment under the Rules, in favor of plaintiffs Matlock and against the defendant United Air Lines for the above sum of $207,420.

THEOBALD
The Interrogatories and Verdict in the Theobald case are as follows:
"We, the Jury in the above-entitled case, unanimously find as follows:


                    "QUESTIONS                        ANSWERS
       1. Which one of the following named persons,
          viz: Frank A. Theobald, 36 years
          of age on April 21, 1958; Myrtle C.
          Theobald, 36 years of age on April 21,
          1958, his widow; Carol Ann Theobald,
          daughter, 4 years of age on April 21,
          1958; Theresa Kay Theobald, daughter,
          2 years of age on April 21, 1958,
          had the shortest life expectancy?             Frank A. Theobald
                                                     _______________________
                                                             (Name)
       2. How many years was that life expectancy
          on April 21, 1958?                                  27 yrs.
                                                     _______________________
                                                         (Number of years)
       3. How many years was decedent's work
          and earning expectancy from and after
          April 21, 1958?                                     27 yrs.
                                                     _______________________



*750
     4-a. Would decedent have remained employed
          by the United States during the
          remainder of his work expectancy?                   Yes
                                                      ______________________
          If your answer to Question 4-a is "No,"
          you need not answer Questions 4-b and
          4-c.
     4-b. If your answer to Question 4-a is
          "Yes," state whether, and if so, when,
          he would have been promoted to a
          higher grade.                                  GS-13 on 1/1/63
                                                      ______________________
     4-c. If your answer to Question 4-a is
          "Yes," what allowances, if any should
          be made for wage increases or decreases
          by Acts of Congress other than those
          in existing law which I have stated to
          you in the Instructions?                          1% per yr.
                                                      ______________________
     4-d. From and after April 21, 1958 what
          total sum of money do you find decedent
          would have earned by January 1,
          1963, had he lived?                               $ 42,598
                                                      ______________________
     4-e. What total sum of money do you find
          decedent would have earned from and
          after January 1, 1963, to the end of his
          earning expectancy stated in your answer
          to No. 3 above?                                   $363,201
                                                      ______________________
       5. From and after the end of his work and
          earning expectancy, and during the remainder
          of his life, if any such remained,
          what total sum of money do you
          find decedent would have received as a
          pension paid as a result of his government
          employment?                                         None
                                                      ______________________
       6. What is the total reasonable value of
          services susceptible of being furnished
          by others which you find it was reasonably
          probable that decedent would have
          provided under my Instructions to you
          to the plaintiffs during his lifetime?              43,800
                                                      ______________________
                                                           (Total value)
       7. What percentage of his annual income,
          had he lived, from and after April 21,
          1958, would have been used by decedent
          for his own personal expenses
          which were eliminated by his death?                  25%
                                                      ______________________
       8. What percentage of his income would
          be paid as annual income tax had he
          lived after April 21, 1958?                          15%
                                                      ______________________



*751
                "QUESTIONS                          ANSWERS
9.   What percentage of the income from
     the award will be paid by plaintiffs as
     income tax?                                        11%
                                                ____________________
10.  In determining the present reasonable
     value of services as defined in No. 6
     above, what annual rate of inflation, if
     any, do you find should be allowed?                 1%
                                                ____________________
11.  What discount rate should be applied in
     arriving at the total sum of general
     damages?                                             4%
                                                ____________________
12.  What sum of money do you find plaintiffs'
     general damages to be which you
     assess against Deft United Air Lines?            $162,412
                                                ____________________
DATED: At Los Angeles, California, February 14, 1963.
                                            Burford A. Reynolds
                                    ____________________________
                                                    Foreman"

Applying the same principle and methods of calculation to the Theobald case as were applied in the Nollenberger and Matlock cases, the Court arrives at substantially the same figure as the total sum in damages found by the Jury in the Theobald case.
For that reason, the motions of the plaintiffs Theobald to re-submit the case to the Jury or for the Court to arrive at a different sum in total damages based upon the answers to the interrogatories or for a new trial are each denied.
The motion of defendant United Air Lines to strike the affidavit of Chapin is granted.
Plaintiffs' counsel will prepare and submit a judgment under the Rules, in favor of plaintiffs Theobald and against defendant United Air Lines for the above sum of $162,412.00.

THOMPSON
The Interrogatories and Verdict in the Thompson case are as follows:
"We, the Jury in the above-entitled case, unanimously find as follows:


                   "QUESTIONS                                ANSWERS
 1.  Which one of the following named persons,
     viz: Harold E. Thompson, born
     July 7, 1913; Pernita C. Thompson,
     his widow, born May 23, 1915; Milton
     LeRoy Thompson, son, born September
     13, 1939; and
Phillip Edward Thompson, son, born March
     28, 1944, had the shortest life expectancy?      Harold E. Thompson
                                                  ________________________
                                                           (Name)
 2.  How many years was that life expectancy
     on April 21, 1958?                                       25
                                                  ________________________
                                                      (Number of years)



*752
 3.   How many years was decedent's work
      and earning expectancy from and after
      April 21, 1958?                                        15
                                                  _____________________
                                                     (Number of years)
 4-a.  Would decedent have remained employed
     by the United States during the
     remainder of his work expectancy?                      Yes
                                                  _____________________
                                                       (Yes or No)
      If your answer to Question 4-a is
     "No," you need not answer Questions
     4-b and 4-c.
 4-b.  If your answer to Question 4-a is
     "Yes," state whether, and if so, when,
     he would have been promoted to a higher            GS-13-Step
     grade.                                           1-Jan. 1, 1965
                                                  _____________________
 4-c.  If your answer to Question 4-a is
     "Yes," what allowances, if any should
     be made for wage increases or decreases
     by Acts of Congress other than those
     in existing law which I have stated to
     you in the Instructions?                                1%
                                                  _____________________
 4-d.  From and after April 21, 1958, what
     total sum of money do you find decedent
     would have earned by January 1, 1963,
     had he lived?                                       $43,136.00
                                                  _____________________
 4-e.  What total sum of money do you find
     decedent would have earned from and
     after January 1, 1963, to the end of his
     earning expectancy stated in your answer
     to No. 3 above?                                    $129,345.00
                                                  _____________________
 5.    From and after the end of his work and
     earning expectancy, and during the remainder
     of his life, if any such remained,
     what total sum of money do
     you find decedent would have received
     as a pension paid as a result of his government
     employment?                                         $77,160.00
                                                  _____________________
 6.    What is the total reasonable value of
     services susceptible of being furnished
     by others which you find it was reasonably
     probable that decedent would have
     provided under my Instructions to you
     to the plaintiffs during his lifetime?              $32,700.00
                                                  _____________________
 7.    What percentage of his annual income,
     had he lived, from and after April 21,
     1958, would have been used by decedent          25%-does not include
     for his own personal expenses which           ½ deduction for retirement
     were eliminated by his death?               ____________________________
 8.    What percentage of his income would
     be paid as annual income tax had he
     lived after April 21, 1958?                           13.3
                                                  _____________________
 9.    What percentage of the income from
     the award will be paid by plaintiffs as
     income tax?                                             9%
                                                  _____________________



*753
10.   In determining the present reasonable
     value of services as defined in No. 6
     above, what annual rate of inflation, if
     any, do you find should be allowed?                    1%
                                                  _____________________
11.   What discount rate should be applied
     in arriving at the total sum of general
     damages?                                               4%
                                                  _____________________
12.   What sum of money do you find plaintiffs'
     general damages to be which you
     assess against Deft United Air Lines?               $137,623
                                                  _____________________
     Special damages (stipulated)                        1.055.40
                                                  =====================
           TOTAL DAMAGES                               $138,678.40
                                                  _____________________
DATED: At Los Angeles, California, February 21, 1963.
                                            Burford A. Reynolds
                                   ____________________________________
                                                      Foreman"

Applying the same principle and methods of calculation to the Thompson case as were applied in the Nollenberger and Matlock cases, the Court arrives at substantially the same figure as the total sum in damages found by the Jury in the Thompson case.
For that reason, the motions of the plaintiffs Thompson to re-submit the case to the Jury or for the Court to arrive at a different sum in total damages based upon the answers to the interrogatories or for a new trial are each denied.
The motion of defendant United Air Lines to strike the affidavit of Chapin is granted.
Plaintiffs' counsel will prepare and submit a judgment under the Rules, in favor of plaintiffs Thompson and against defendant United Air Lines for the above sum of $138,678.40.
In each of the cases a stipulation was made between counsel that an additur be made to the general verdict for the amount of special damages for funeral expenses, loss of personal property and the like, so in preparing the judgments counsel will add the amounts so stipulated.

APPENDIX I

INSTRUCTION NO. "R-2".
You have heretofore been instructed that in addition to the evidence in the case, you may take judicial notice of certain things. One of the things of which you may take judicial notice is the official publications of the Government.
In connection with statistics on Income Tax Returns, the latest available statistical data published by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Treasury Department is Publication No. 79 covering statistical data for Income Tax Returns for the year 1959.
In considering the probable income tax which decedent would have had to pay had he lived and filed a joint return with his wife, you are instructed that the above-mentioned Government Publication shows that on the joint returns of husband and wife, the tax paid on the adjusted gross income by all of the taxpayers in the United States filing joint returns in 1959 was as follows:
Where adjusted gross income was $9,000 but under $10,000, the percentage of tax was approximately 11.8 per cent;
Where adjusted gross income was $10,000 but under $15,000, the percentage of tax was approximately 13.3 per cent;
*754 Where adjusted gross income was $15,000 but under $20,000, the percentage of tax was approximately 16.6 per cent;
Where adjusted gross income was between $20,000 and $25,000, the percentage of tax was approximately 18.8 per cent;
On incomes between $25,000 and $50,000, the tax was approximately 23.9 per cent.
In connection with the taxes to be paid on the money derived by the plaintiffs from any award that you may make, you will keep in mind that the Court will be concerned with a division of the award between the plaintiff widow and the _______ children as might be required by law, and that each would be required to pay income tax on the income from the award, but not on the award itself.
If, for instance, you should arrive at a total sum of damages in the amount of $300,000, and that three per cent would be a reasonably expected return on that sum, that would mean $9,000 a year total income which, in turn, would be divided between the plaintiff widow and each of the children as the Court may determine that the law requires.
The same Government Publication shows that in all of the Returns for the year 1959 where the adjusted gross income was under $5,000, the tax was approximately nine per cent on the Returns of single persons not the heads of households, and on the adjusted gross incomes between $5,000 and $10,000, the tax collected was approximately 13 per cent of such adjusted gross income.
In using the figure of $300,000, the Court is not suggesting or intimating that your verdict should be in that sum or that you are limited in any way, either more or less than that figure. The same is true as to the three per cent return thereon. These figures are used by the Court only as illustrations to aid you in consideration of the income tax problems which you may find to be concerned in your verdict.


                         APPENDIX II
     Present Value of $1.00 per Month, Payable for n Years, if
         Money is Worth i per Annum, Compounded Annually.
n       i = 3%             i = 3½%            i = 4%
 1    $ 11.8098            $ 11.7790          $ 11.7485
 2      23.2757              23.1597            23.0451
 3      34.4075              34.1556            33.9073
 4      45.2152              44.7796            44.3517
 5      55.7081              55.0443            54.3943
 6      65.8953              64.9620            64.0508
 7      75.7859              74.5442            73.3357
 8      85.3883              83.8025            82.2636
 9      94.7112              92.7477            90.8481
10     103.7624             101.3903            99.1026
11     112.5500             109.7406           107.0394
12     121.0816             117.8086           114.6709
13     129.3649             125.6038           122.0091
14     137.4067             133.1354           129.0649
15     145.2145             140.4122           135.8494
16     152.7947             147.4431           142.3730
17     160.1543             154.2361           148.6455
18     167.2993             160.7994           154.6769
19     174.2364             167.1408           160.4763
20     180.9713             173.2677           166.0527



*755
21     187.5101             179.1874           171.4145
22     193.8586             184.9070           176.5702
23     200.0220             190.4332           181.5274
24     206.0059             195.7725           186.2941
25     211.8156             200.9311           190.8775
26     217.4560             205.9154           195.2845
27     222.9322             210.7311           199.5221
28     228.2489             215.3840           203.5966
29     233.4106             219.8796           207.5145
30     238.4221             224.2231           211.2817
31     243.2876             228.4197           214.9039
32     248.0114             232.4744           218.3869
33     252.5975             236.3919           221.7360
34     257.0502             240.1770           224.9562
35     261.3731             243.8341           228.0525
36     265.5701             247.3675           231.0297
37     269.6449             250.7816           233.8925
38     273.6010             254.0801           236.6451
39     277.4419             257.2670           239.2918
40     281.1708             260.3462           241.8368
41     284.7912             263.3212           244.2839
42     288.3062             266.1957           246.6369
43     291.7187             268.9730           248.8993
44     295.0318             271.6563           251.0748
45     298.2485             274.2489           253.1661

NOTES
[1]  The Blackwelder case, in which both the United States and the United Air Lines were defendants, was settled by stipulation and order approved by the Court on December 28, 1962, and was not transferred to the Southern District of California.
[2]  In each of the cases in which a jury verdict was returned, and on motion for summary judgment against United Air Lines on the question of liability, and on motion for judgment of dismissal of the claim of United Air Lines against the United States, the Court directed the Clerk to withhold entry of judgment in order that at the conclusion of all of the cases, judgments could be entered simultaneously so that a uniform time to appeal would apply to each case.
[3]  No motion for new trial has as yet been made in the Paris case, and the fact that motion for new trial has not been filed is no indication of the abandonment by either the plaintiff or the defendant of their right to file a motion for new trial. The jury returned a general verdict in the sum of $150,000 general damages and $850 special damages for the wrongful death of Captain F. C. Paris who was a Captain in the United States Air Force. No special interrogatories were utilized in that case.
[4]  "Rule 49(b) General Verdict Accompanied by Answer to Interrogatories. The court may submit to the jury, together with appropriate forms for a general verdict, written interrogatories upon one or more issues of fact the decision of which is necessary to a verdict. The court shall give such explanation or instruction as may be necessary to enable the jury both to make answers to the interrogatories and to render a general verdict, and the court shall direct the jury both to make written answers and to render a general verdict. When the general verdict and the answers are harmonious, the court shall direct the entry of the appropriate judgment upon the verdict and answers. When the answers are consistent with each other but one or more is inconsistent with the general verdict, the court may direct the entry of judgment in accordance with the answers, notwithstanding the general verdict or may return the jury for further consideration of its answers and verdict or may order a new trial. When the answers are inconsistent with each other and one or more is likewise inconsistent with the general verdict, the court shall not direct the entry of judgment but may return the jury for further consideration of its answers and verdict or may order a new trial."
[5]  I intend to indicate no opinion as to whether or not special interrogatories or inquiry can be made of a jury after only a general verdict is sought and returned.
[5a]  Attached as Appendix I is Instruction R-2, given in each case and as used in the calculations in their opinion.
[6]  Exs. 5 and 12: Salary Acts of 1958, 1960 and 1962; 72 Stats. 203; 74 Stats. 296; 76 Stats. 832; 5 U.S.C. § 1113 et seq. Inasmuch as salary and step increases were fixed by said statutes, it becomes a mere calculation as a matter of law, and in arriving at said sum the court is not substituting its judgment for that of the jury.
[7]  Where cents are less or more than 50, the figures throughout are rounded out to the nearest dollar.
[8]  Ex. 9 which is used in all the discount calculations herein, Appendix II.
