ROBINSON v. GRAVES

No. 7406.

332 So.2d 303 (1976)

Carolyn Ann ROBINSON and Frank J. Tornabene v. Robert GRAVES, Jr. and New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1976.

Writ Granted September 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leydecker, Bates & Hand, Gerald J. Leydecker, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, Carolyn Ann Robinson.

C. B. Ogden, II, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and STOULIG, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

We are confronted with the sole issue of quantum. Defendants complain that an award in the sum of $159,532.00 in favor of Carolyn Ann Robinson Brown is excessive. We amend the award to $110,172.18.

It is defendants' contention that in an October 16, 1971 automobile accident, plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Robinson), a guest passenger in a taxicab rearended by a streetcar, suffered a fractured transverse process at the fourth lumbar...

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