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STANSBURY v. HOVER

No. 12211.

366 So.2d 918 (1978)

Dick STANSBURY, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his minor son, David Stansbury, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Donald HOVER and National American Insurance Co., Edmay Prosser Patterson, Berwick Bay Oil Co. & Peninsular Fire Insurance Co. (Amended 2-28-77 Edith Mae Patterson Hover, Edmay Prosser Patterson, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Edward J. Patterson, Sr., Edward J. Patterson, Jr. and Brenda Patterson) (Amended 6-9-77 Chicago Insurance Co.), Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim P. Stansbury, Morgan City, for plaintiff and appellee.

William O. Bonin, New Iberia, for Berwick Bay Oil Co.

Paul B. Deal, New Orleans, for Edmay Patterson and Nat. American Ins. Co.

Eldon T. Harvey, III, New Orleans, for Chicago Ins. Co.

John J. Cooper, New Orleans, for Donald Hover, Peninsular Fire Ins. Co. and Edith Mae Patterson Hover.

Before ELLIS, BLANCHE and LOTTINGER, JJ.

BLANCHE, Judge.

Defendants appeal a judgment in a maritime personal injury action in favor of plaintiffs in the amount of $225,000 plus $12,878.75 medical expenses. Plaintiffs have answered the appeal, seeking an increase in the award of damages.

On May 25, 1975, David Stansbury, age 14, was injured when he went overboard from a moving 1972 Ranger fiberglass bass boat while on a pleasure outing with three friends, Jeff Hover, Eddie Wasson and Paul Delaune...

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