Mason v. Farm Credit of S. Colo.

CHIEF JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 In this case, we consider whether the petitioner was entitled to a jury trial under Rule 38 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. The court of appeals held that the petitioner was not entitled to a jury trial because the claims in the respondents' original complaint were primarily equitable. Farm Credit of S. Colo., ACA v. Mason , 2017 COA 42 , --- P.3d ----. In drawing this conclusion, the court of appeals ignored the claims in the respondents' amended complaint. That was in error. As in other contexts, for purposes of the civil…