Colorado Appellate Judges Question Validity of $1.85 Million Civil Theft Judgment Over Jury Instructions

On Tuesday, Colorado appellate judges expressed skepticism regarding a claim that a state trial court issued inadequate jury instructions, thereby yielding an excessively high $1.85 million civil theft judgment. The investor in question argued that the judgment was disproportionate, while one of the judges inquired why the investor had not sued his trial counsel over the alleged error. Further details are available in the original Law360 article.