FISH v. MARTIN

No. 2054.

201 So.2d 341 (1967)

Mattie Bosely FISH et vir, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph I. MARTIN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porteous & Johnson, by James L. Donovan, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Bass & Lawes, by Eugene H. Lawes, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ, and HOOD, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The defendant Martin's taxicab ran into the rear of a stopped vehicle. The plaintiff Mrs. Fish suffered certain injuries when she was thrown from the front seat of the forward automobile. She and her husband sued Martin and his liability insurer for the damages sustained.

The defendants appeal from adverse judgment. The only substantial issue of the appeal is whether the trial jury abused its discretion as to the amounts of damages awarded the...

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