Hall ex rel. Hall v. Daee

This is a malpractice case arising out of defects sustained by the minor plaintiff during childbirth.

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I would reverse the defendants’ judgment entered below for a new trial on all issues because I believe that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to hold that the defendants’ peremptory excusal of five of six sitting black jurors “demonstrate[d] ... that there [was] a strong likelihood that they [were] challenged solely because of their race,” so as to cross the threshold erected by State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481, 486 (Fla.1984), and require a neutral non-biased explanation for the…