MATHEWS v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 3086.

235 So.2d 440 (1970)

Boyd MATHEWS et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLure & Ford, by T. C. McLure, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Polk & Foote, by Edward G. Randolph, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Allstate Insurance Company appeals contending that the $5,000 awarded for a lumbosacral sprain and a fractured coccyx was excessive. Mrs. Mathews answered the appeal contending that the award was inadequate.

Mrs. Mathews was a guest passenger in an automobile insured by Allstate. Liability is not contested. Neither is the award of $1,197.26 ($798.50 medical and $398.76 for loss of earnings) to Mr. Mathews.

The accident occurred on January...

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