DORE v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 1500.

180 So.2d 434 (1965)

Laura Ann DORE, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pugh & Boudreaux, by Charles Boudreaux, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Simon, Trice & Mouton, by Phil Trice, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. A jury awarded plaintiff the policy limits of $5,000. Defendant appealed. Plaintiff answered the appeal contending it is frivolous and that under the federal and state constitutions the jury verdict, being based entirely on findings of fact, cannot be changed by this appellate court.

The argument that this court does not have the right to review findings...

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