MITCHELL v. STATE, DEPT. OF HWYS.

No. 8318.

81 So.2d 62 (1955)

Dorothy MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Philip K. Jones, Baton Rouge, Francis X. Vinet, New Orleans, Louis S. Quinn, Joseph A. Loret, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Pickett & Pickett, Many, for appellee.


AYRES, Judge.

This is one of the companion cases of Dowden v. State of Louisiana, La.App., 81 So.2d 48, and, for the reasons therein assigned, defendant should respond in damages for whatever injuries, pain and suffering plaintiff sustained.

Plaintiff was awarded $1,500, and has answered defendant's appeal, praying that the award be increased to $7,500.

This plaintiff received a cut or laceration on the left side...

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