SMITH v. DIST. CT. OF STATE OF COLO.

No. 95SA343.

907 P.2d 611 (1995)

Christy SMITH, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF the STATE OF COLORADO, and the Honorable Steven T. Pelican, District Court Judge, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Kordick & Associates, Lloyd C. Kordick, Colorado Springs, for Petitioner.

Jones, Waters & Bennett, L.L.C., Joseph F. Bennett, Colorado Springs, for Respondents.


Chief Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this original proceeding, pursuant to C.A.R. 21,1 we directed the El Paso County District Court to show cause why it should not be prohibited from enforcing its order forbidding counsel to ask potential jurors if they are officers, directors, or policyholders of the defendants' insurance carrier. In accordance with our precedent, we hold that this so-called "insurance question...

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