Morales v. Golston

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a general verdict simply requires the jury to announce the ultimate legal result for each claim — i.e., who wins — while a special verdict presents the jury with specific questions of fact
• identifying several inferences that the jury could have made based on the evidence presented at trial
• “[F]ailure to object timely deprives the court of the option of sending the jury back for further deliberations.”
• the failure to object to an alleged inconsistency in the jury’s verdict before the jury was dismissed waived a subsequent challenge
• A party need not “object to the inconsistencies in a jury’s answers to a special verdict before the jury is discharged in order to . . . challenge the inconsistencies in a subsequent motion or on appeal.”
• “A jury verdict will not be reversed for inconsistency if a reading of the record reveals any basis for the verdict. . . . [I]f there is a view of the case that makes the jury’s answers consistent, they must be resolved in that way.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blood v. Qwest Services Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2009-05-28· cited 360×
• Marquardt v. Perry
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-12-11· cited 47×
• People v. Rail
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-02-25· cited 11×
• Vititoe v. Rocky Mountain Pavement Maint., Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-06-18· cited 4×
• Susan Ann Scholle v. Edward Ehrichs
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2022-07-28
• Estate of Marie M. Chavez
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2022-08-04

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Benton v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-10-15· cited 557×
• Murphy v. Glenn
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1998-03-05· cited 336×
• Wei Zhang v. American Gem Seafoods, Inc., Delaware Corporation McMi Food Company, a Texas Corporation Harry Lees, a Natural Person
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-07· cited 296×
• Heno v. Sprint/United Management Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2000-04-03· cited 143×
• Bernice Pierce v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-07-31· cited 102×
• Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc. v. Crown Life Insurance
  Third Circuit· 1984-05-07· cited 92×
• E.G. Thompson and Betty Thompson v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-08-09· cited 89×
• Mrs. Harvey Stancill v. McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc., and Carriers Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-06-27· cited 86×
• Harold E. Alverez, Cross-Appellee v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-05-05· cited 84×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Stone
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-07-12· cited 81×
• City of Aurora v. Loveless
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-12-28· cited 79×
• Miller v. Byrne
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-10-05· cited 63×
• Ladnier v. Murray
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-07-31· cited 54×
• Donald E. Ludwig v. Marion Laboratories, Inc., a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-09-20· cited 51×
• Diamond Shamrock Corp. v. Zinke & Trumbo, Ltd.
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-05-21· cited 48×
• Bill Mercer v. Long Mfg. N. C., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-04-02· cited 41×
• Bohrer v. DeHart
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1998-06-22· cited 31×
• Ralph J. Golub v. J.W. Gant & Associates, an Illinois Limited Partnership, J.W. Gant & Associates, Inc., an Illinois Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-01-23· cited 30×
• Smith v. State Compensation Insurance Fund
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1987-12-10· cited 28×
• Johnson v. ABLT Trucking Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-06-15· cited 23×