VICKERY v. EVANS

No. 10SC281.

266 P.3d 390 (2011)

Monica David VICKERY, Petitioner v. Kerry Vickery EVANS as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marry Gayle Vickery, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory R. Giometti & Associates, P.C., Gregory R. Giometti , Carl W. Dowdy , Denver, Colorado, Dietze and Davis, P.C., Renee E. Ezer , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Stevens, Littman, Biddison, Tharp & Weinberg LLC, Dennis J. Tharp , Jessica H. Catlin , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Husch Blackwell LLP, Christopher L. Ottele , Christopher Brady , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Civil Justice League.


Justice COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Monica Vickery petitioned for review of the court of appeals judgment affirming the district court's reduction of exemplary damages in her defamation suit against the mother and sister of her deceased husband. See Vickery v. Vickery, ___ P.3d ___, 2010 WL 963204 (Colo.App.2010). Both the district court and court of appeals understood section 13-21-102 of Colorado's revised statutes to limit Vickery's exemplary...

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