Legal Opinion
Bunch v. King County Department of Youth Services
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 2005No. 75103-0PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 Sanders, J.
Ralph Bunch sued King County Department of Youth Services for racial employment discrimination, obtaining over $600,000 in a jury award. The Court of Appeals affirmed but reduced the noneconomic portion of the damages from $260,000 to $25,000, an award which Bunch could accept or opt for a new trial on the damages issue alone. The county petitioned this court for review of the limitation of a new trial to damages only, which we denied. However, Bunch cross-petitioned, challenging the Court of Appeals’ remittitur. We granted review and now hold the Court of Appeals improperly…
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