Brewer v. Cabarrus Plastics, Inc.

JOHN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s grant of defendant’s directed verdict motion on plaintiff’s claims of racial discrimination and retaliatory discharge. Plaintiff also contends the trial court erred by (1) excluding certain portions of his testimony and that of other witnesses, (2) admitting irrelevant and highly prejudicial evidence, and (3) precluding during jury voir dire “questions reasonably designed to explore jurors’ potential racial bias and bias toward racial discrimination claims.” For the reasons set forth below, we award plaintiff a new trial.

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