“Counsel, if we adopt your theory, having studied what other states are doing because it’s sort of a new area—not every state has weighed in—we’d have the most liberal interpretation of third-party spoliation in the nation,” Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush told plaintiffs counsel from the bench Monday.        

After the first day of trial, New Mexico Third Judicial District Judge James T. Martin advised the assistant district attorney in the case to use the phrase “brandish a firearm” rather than asking the jury to find that the defendant “pointed a firearm” at his daughter, according to the opinion.        

The Louisiana State Bar Association “crossed the line when it promoted purely informational articles absent any tailoring to the legal profession,” Judge Jerry Smith wrote for the three-member panel.        

“Unlike the United States Constitution, the Colorado Constitution does not guarantee the right to a jury trial in civil cases,” stated Fox. “Gebert alternatively argues that we should overrule this precedent and recognize the civil jury trial right under the Colorado Constitution.”        

“It has been an absolute honor to have served as dean of our law school during these past 10 years,” Dean Jennifer Johnson said in a statement. “I am very proud of the achievements of our faculty, students and staff.”        

The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.        

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