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CAPITOL HILL HOSP. v. BAUCOM

Nos. 94-CV-275, 92-CV-282.

697 A.2d 760 (1997)

CAPITOL HILL HOSPITAL, et al. and Irene Trowell Harris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Trowell, M.D., Appellants, v. Venus BAUCOM, Personal Representative of the Estate of Luerinda BAUCOM, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Nash, with whom Stuart N. Herschfeld, Bethesda, MD, was on the brief, for appellant Capitol Hill Hospital in No. 94-CV-282.

James M. Heffler, with whom Diane M. Fruchter, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant Irene Trowell Harris in No. 94-CV-275.

William S. Thompson, with whom John F.X. Costello, Lanham, MD, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge and SCHWELB and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded to the trial court for further consideration of the question whether, during voir dire, counsel for plaintiff exercised his peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. On remand, the trial judge shall accord appropriate weight to the statistical evidence, and shall apply a more rigorous standard of scrutiny to counsel's explanations for his strikes.

So ordered.

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