...ant in the plaintiff's action, in order to enforce such party's right of contribution against another alleged joint tort-feasor. Evans v. Lukas, 140 Ga. App. 182 (230 SE2d 136) (1976); Gosser v. Diplomat Restaurant, Inc., supra. And, CPA § 49, OCGA § 9-11-49, constitutes specific statutory authority for special verdicts to be provided to the jury in which to make special written findings upon each issue of fact (see, e.g., Pressley v....

...of damage later found to be improper, and thereby avoid having to retry the case in toto. [2] The insurer urges that the "no separate interest award on unliquidated damages" rule has been superseded by the special verdict provisions of the CPA. OCGA § 9-11-49 (a)....

...en stubbornly litigious, or has caused unnecessary trouble and expense. If any evidence supports the jury's verdict, it must be upheld on appeal. Ken-Mar Constr. Co. v. Bowen, 245 Ga. 676, 677 (266 SE2d 796) (1980). Acting under the auspices of OCGA § 9-11-49, the jury returned a special verdict in which it found that Ms....

...Douglas County, 248 Ga. 760 (1) (286 SE2d 30) (1982), although we recognized that there is no right to a jury trial in equity cases, the court also rendered two additional holdings. First, the court, citing Guhl v. Davis, 242 Ga. 356 (249 SE2d 43) (1978), and OCGA § 9-11-49, held that in equity cases the trial court, as a matter of discretion, may seek a jury's aid as a fact-finding body by requiring the jury to hear evidence and return a special verdict *657 containing findings resolving specific factual disputes....

...However, Frostgate does not provide such authority; no question of an inconsistent or void verdict was presented therein. Frostgate addressed only the statutory procedures for submitting interrogatories to the jury in a declaratory judgment action currently found in OCGA §§ 9-4-6 and 9-11-49, and it merely ruled upon a party's preservation of error in that context; its statement that "in the absence of a specific and timely objection, a party waives error relating to the manner in which questions are submitted to the jury," id....

...Although accurate, such a statement would have been repetitive of the charge given, and we find no error. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur, except Smith, J., who dissents as to Divisions 4 and 6. NOTES [1] This case demonstrates the practical utility of special verdicts, as authorized by OCGA § 9-11-49 (Code Ann....

...ompanying instructions, which called for the jury to decide mixed questions of fact and law, were not adequately crafted to elicit a decision on the issues before the court. See Branch v. Maxwell, 203 Ga. App. 553 (5) (f) (417 SE2d 176) (1992); OCGA § 9-11-49 (a)....

...rtion of their property as a motocross track. The trial court chose to impanel a jury as an aid in finding facts, see Guhl v. Davis, 242 Ga. 356, 358, 249 S.E.2d 43 (1978), and the parties agreed to the submission of a special verdict form. See OCGA § 9-11-49(b)....

...n (the divorce). The appellant's very proposition that the will was contingent created an ambiguity and a factual issue to be resolved by the jury. Redfearn, Wills, Ga., § 136, p. 306 (4th ed.). This issue was submitted to the jury pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-49, and resolved against Mrs....

...Moreover, there was no evidence that either the jury foreman or any of the other jurors was influenced by the witness' testifying. 3. Mrs. Hill next contends that the trial court erred in submitting special interrogatory No. 3, and in failing to submit a "proper" interrogatory. Her argument is that, under OCGA § 9-11-49, the jury can be required to return only a special written finding upon each issue of fact; whereas here, the interrogatory was so generally worded that the jury may have assumed that, since they had found the 1975 will not to be a contingent will, the 1974 will was rescinded, of which there was no evidence....

...The damages for fraud included actual and punitive damages and attorney fees. Of course, Dorsey could have requested that the specific issue of fraud in Otwell’s obtaining the deed to secure debt or title to the property be submitted to the jury and requested jury instructions in that regard. See OCGA § 9-11-49 (b)....