Jones v. New York City Transit Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

There is an intensifying national concern regarding the issue of whether blind and deaf persons should serve as jurors.1 In this case, a personal injury matter involving substantial amounts of physical evidence, a blind person was sought to be excluded from jury service through the use of a challenge for cause based solely on his blindness. The issue that I must decide is whether his exclusion was improper under Judiciary Law § 510 (3). The facts in this particular case compel the court to grant the challenge for cause.

*586Initially, this case does not concern…