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LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A woman who lost a malpractice lawsuit against her anesthesiologist will get a second chance after a California appeals court ruled a defense lawyer improperly challenged two potential jurors because they had disabled family members.

S.F. judge says Asian jurors in attempted murder case were improperly excused because of their race FacebookTwitterEmail File photo of court room gavel. gavelMarilyn Nieves / Getty Image A San Francisco judge on Thursday tentatively ruled that a public defender in an attempted murder case improperly excused potential Asian jurors because of their race. In a reversal of an earlier decision, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Rita Lin found that of nine Asian potential jurors public defender Max...