The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a trial judge’s decision to reseat five African American jurors who were struck by the defense in a trial that ultimately delivered nearly $1.3 million to a woman injured in a go-kart wreck at a Roswell track.

After the defense used all of its peremptory strikes against black jurors, the plaintiffs asked the court to decide whether the dismissals were a violation under the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Batson v. Kentucky, which bars race-based jury selection.