RUFEY v. NEW YORK FIRE & MARINE UNDERWRITERS, INC.

No. 2217.

205 So.2d 621 (1967)

Basil A. RUFEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NEW YORK FIRE & MARINE UNDERWRITERS, INC., et al., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan A. Cormie & Associates, by Robert E. Morgan, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Plauche & Plauche, by Thomas W. Sanders, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and LEAR, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Basil A. Rufey, seeks damages for personal injuries and property damage sustained in an intersectional collision. The trial judge awarded plaintiff the nominal sum of $50 in general damages, plus $15 medical expense and $24.88 for the damage to plaintiff's automobile. Plaintiff appealed.

The sole issue on appeal is the quantum of damages awarded. There is no question that plaintiff had a ruptured intervertebral disc, which was...

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