HAMPTON v. CRISTINA

No. 8326.

362 So.2d 1180 (1978)

Shelby HAMPTON, Individually and for the use and benefits of the minor, Shelby P. Hampton, Jr. and Susan Hampton and Virginia Hampton, wife of Shelby Hampton v. Alfio A. CRISTINA and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin C. Grodsky, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Claude D. Vasser, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, LEMMON and BEER, JJ.


LEMMON, Judge.

This appeal by plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Hampton, questions the adequacy of a $7,500.00 award for Mrs. Hampton's injuries in a 1968 automobile accident. Plaintiffs basically dispute the trial court's apparent conclusion that a 1965 automobile accident, rather than the 1968 accident at issue in this suit, caused a herniated cervical disc which required surgery in 1969.

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In the September, 1965 accident Mrs. Hampton sustained,...

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