SCHEXNAYDER v. CARPENTER

No. 58920.

346 So.2d 196 (1977)

Leonard SCHEXNAYDER et ux. v. James R. CARPENTER et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Winston Fontenot, Fontenot, Gautreaux & Andrus, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-applicants.

John M. Duhe, Jr., Caffery, Duhe, Oubre & Gibbens, New Iberia, for defendants-respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.

This is a personal injury suit arising out of an automobile accident. The cause was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, Dorothy M. Schexnayder, for $59,000, and in favor of her husband, plaintiff Leonard Schexnayder, for $4,040.60. The court of appeal affirmed the district court's judgment pursuant to the jury verdict, but reduced the amount awarded Mrs. Schexnayder to $15,000. Defendants conceded the issue of liability...

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