Legal Opinion

Blood v. Qwest Services Corp.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided May 28, 2009No. 08CA0134PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge WEBB.

In this personal injury action that raises questions of first impression concerning recovery of exemplary damages, defendants, Qwest Services Corporation and Qwest Corporation (collectively, Qwest), appeal the trial court's judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, Andrew Blood (Blood) and Carrie Blood, and third-party defendant Public Service Company of Colorado, doing business as Xcel Energy (Xcel), and its denial of Qwest's post-trial motions.

We vacate the trial court's order increasing exemplary damages and remand for an evidentiary hearing on Blood's…

2Cases cited105 opinions

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3Cited by45 opinions

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