Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Toppin
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 19, 1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIE, Justice:
This is an appeal from a judgment in Superior Court, based on a jury verdict granting an award of $350,000 to plaintiffs as a result of a two-car auto accident. We find no reversible error and affirm.
This case was tried three times in the Superior Court. At the first trial there was a verdict for the defendants. However, after a post-trial hearing as to the racial bias of the jury, the trial court ordered a new trial.
The case was tried again on May 3, 1982, and that trial resulted in a hung jury.
On November 29, 1982 there was a third trial which resulted in the verdict for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Beaumont Gereau, in Nos. 74-2019, 74-2020, 74-2021, 74-2022,74-2023Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Louis A. Duzac, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Styler v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
- State v. HalkoSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- City of Amarillo v. MartinTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Kabir v. County of MonroeNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
- Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- Massey v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Flonnory v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
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