MENASCO v. PEYTON

No. 7301.

328 So.2d 741 (1976)

Heyward E. MENASCO, Individually and on Behalf of his minor son, Paul D. Menasco and Margaret Menasco v. Lee PEYTON, Individually and as Legal Guardian of Pat Peyton, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Monk Simons, III, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

James J. Morse, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and STOULIG, JJ.


LEMMON, Judge.

In this appeal from a judgment awarding damages for injuries sustained by Paul Menasco, defendants question only the amount of general damages assessed. Plaintiffs answered, seeking an increase.

The eight-year-old boy was struck by defendants' car while he was riding a bicycle on September 13, 1973. He sustained fractures of the tibia and fibula a few inches above the ankle joint, numerous bruises and contusions, and loosening of several teeth...

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