RAY SUMLIN CONST. CO., INC. v. Moore

Andy and Zeatherine Moore filed an action against Ray Sumlin Construction Company, Inc. ("Sumlin"), seeking damages for a personal injury sustained by Mr. Moore as a result of his being struck in the head by a piece of lumber. The jury returned a verdict for Sumlin, and the trial court entered judgment on the verdict. The Moores, in their motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial, contended that they were entitled to a new trial because Sumlin had failed to provide race-neutral reasons for its peremptory strikes of blacks from the venire.

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