DUPRE v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 5117.

318 So.2d 145 (1975)

Ben DUPRE, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dubuisson, Brinkhaus, Guglielmo & Dauzat by James G. Dubuisson, Opelousas, for defendants-appellants.

Domengeaux & Wright, by William H. Lambert, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries sustained when the automobile which he was driving was struck from the rear by a truck owned by the defendant, South Central Bell Telephone Company, and being driven by its employee, John D. Montgomery. The district judge awarded plaintiff a total of $12,511.50 in general and special damages. The defendants appealed. Plaintiff answered the appeal, seeking an increase in the award.

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