NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Jurors’ Slurs Ruled Grounds for Retrial
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A black couple who sued over an auto accident deserve a new trial if they can prove jurors made racist jokes during deliberations, Florida’s Supreme Court ruled in Tallahassee. The justices ordered the trial court to hold a hearing to decide if the remarks were made, as a juror has contended. Derrick and Eugena Powell had sued their insurance company, Allstate, after their car was broadsided in 1989 by an underinsured driver.
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