Legal Opinion
Appel v. Sentry Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 22, 1987No. 85SC158PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review one issue in Appel v. Sentry Life Insurance Co., 701 P.2d 634 (Colo.App.1985). The court of appeals held that the credibility of an adverse witness may not be impeached with prior inconsistent statements uttered in a deposition at which the opposing party was not present or represented. We reject the analysis of the court of appeals on that single issue, but affirm the result reached by the court of appeals. Accordingly, we return the case to the court of appeals with directions to remand to the district court for a new trial in accordance…
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