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Washington Supreme Court orders judges to assume racial bias In verdicts

OLYMPIA (Legal Newsline) - Litigants who claim a jury verdict was tainted by racial bias are entitled to a hearing where the judge must assume they are correct, the Washington Supreme Court ruled, placing the burden on the other side to prove that bias didn’t affect the decision.The high court’s ruling came in a routine car accident case where the victim, a Black woman, claimed she suffered whiplash and exacerbated symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome requiring $3.5 million in damages. ....

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