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ROBINSON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 7192.

328 So.2d 751 (1976)

Sandra P. ROBINSON et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr., Birdsall, Alverez & Rodriguez, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gordon F. Wilson, Jr., Dodge, Friend, Wilson & Spedale, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Shirley H. Bordelon and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Peter L. Bernard, Jr., Jerry L. Saporito, Bernard, Micholet & Cassisa, Metairie, for defendant-appellee General Motors Corp.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and SCHOTT, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

A jury answering "interrogatories" "award[ed]" to each of three personal injury plaintiffs the exact amount of medical expenses and, for one plaintiff, lost wages, but for each plaintiff awarded "none" as damages for pain and suffering. Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment against their host driver and her insurer for the amount of those "awards", seeking increase in quantum.

Juries have "much discretion", C.C. 1934(3), in assessing non-pecuniary...

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