Legal Opinion
Marks v. District Court ex rel. Seventeenth Judicial District
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 8, 1982No. 81SA431PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Justice.
In this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, the petitioners (defendants in the trial court) seek a writ of prohibition restraining the respondent district court from proceeding with a new trial on the single issue of damages rather than a new trial on all issues. The trial court had found that the jury verdict was excessive due to jury bias, prejudice, and passion. The court ordered a new trial on the issue of damages only unless the plaintiff would agree to a lesser award. We issued a rule to show cause why the relief requested by the petitioners should not be granted. We now…
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