Wooden ex rel. Wooden v. Park School District R-3

SMITH, Judge.

Joseph P. Jenkins, n/k/a Joseph Genchi, appeals the order of the trial court finding him in contempt of court for his failure to comply with C.R.C.P. 121 § 1-19 and imposing upon him a fine of $1000. We affirm.

Appellant was plaintiffs’ attorney in the trial court in an action to recover damages from defendant school district for excessive use of force in its administration of corporal punishment. The trial date was set several months in advance and counsel for both parties were given copies of the court’s general trial procedures which informed them, inter alia, that jury…