Statement by Attorney General Rob McKenna on the Joyce v. DOC case
“Today the Supreme Court reversed the trial court’s decision in Joyce v. Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) and ordered a new trial because errors in the jury instructions misstated the law and denied the people of Washington a fair trial. The decision overturns the $22.4 million jury award in this case, which has grown to more than $33 million with interest —the largest tort verdict against the state in history.