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DENVER (AP) - Attorneys for the Vancouver Canucks, forward Todd Bertuzzi and others asked a judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit filed by former Colorado Avalanche center Steve Moore over Bertuzzi's on-ice attack in March 2004, saying Moore didn't have enough connections to Colorado to gain the right to sue in state court.
Moore, still recovering from injuries sustained in the game in Vancouver, is seeking unspecified damages from the Canucks, the partnership that owns the team, Bertuzzi, former player Brad May, coach Marc Crawford and former general manager Brian Burke.
Moore's attorney Lee Foreman told Denver District Judge Shelley Gilman that Moore was a Colorado resident when he was injured March 8, 2004, and when he filed the lawsuit, giving him the right to seek damages in a Colorado court. He also argued that events leading up to Bertuzzi's hit started during a game in Denver Feb. 16, 2004, in which Moore hit Canucks captain Markus Naslund, leaving him with a concussion.
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