COCO v. WINSTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 57969.

341 So.2d 332 (1976)

Gary James COCO v. WINSTON INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion January 12, 1977.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard F. Thomas, Jr., Natchitoches, Sidney E. Cook, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for plaintiff-applicant.

Breard Snellings, Trial Atty., Jack M. Alltmont, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari in this personal injury damage suit to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal reducing substantially a significant jury award.

Plaintiff, a general laborer then twenty years old, was injured while operating an unguarded dado saw at Sherwood Homes, Inc. where he was employed in the business of constructing mobile homes. After a six-day trial, a civil jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $350...

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