Code that showed the correct thing in the directive

ng-show.html

<!-- has_alerts is true and view_opts.state is set to 'expired' -->
<div id='BriefAlert' class='alert alert-info' ng-show='has_alerts'>
    <span ng-switch='view_opts.state'>
        <span ng-switch-when='expired'>This thing was expired</span>
        <span ng-switch-when='reassigend'>This thing was reassigned to someone else</span>
        <span ng-switch-when='view_only'>You can only view this thing</span>
    </span>
</div>