Costello v. Frederick County Sanitation Authority

BY JUDGE JOHN J. MCGRATH, JR.

This letter is in reference to the motion regarding the disqualification of all jurors who are currently customers of the Frederick County Sanitation District, one of the defendants in this action. I can find no Virginia law that per se disqualifies rate-payers or customers of a public service company from sitting on a jury for a case in which that company is a parly. In fact, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has specifically stated that “even though it is clear there will be a financial impact upon the trier of fact, if that impact…