Scott v. Woods

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Defendants James R. and Patricia V. Woods, husband and wife, appeal jury verdicts of $250,000 in favor of plaintiff Ladrón Corporation and $200,000 in favor of plaintiffs Lloyd C. and Annette Scott, husband and wife. Their appeal raises the question of whether, under the New Mexico Constitution, a party may demand a jury trial on legal issues arising in a stockholder’s derivative suit, and, if so, whether plaintiffs’ derivative suit included issues to which the right of jury trial attached. We conclude that the trial judge erred in denying the Woods’ motion to sever or,…