HALE v. CHAMPAGNE

No. 6702.

365 So.2d 55 (1978)

Dwynell "Dee" HALE, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. Malcolm CHAMPAGNE et ux. and Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landry, Watkins, Cousin & Bonin, Alfred S. Landry, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees-appellants.

M. Charles Brandt, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

James C. Walker, Jr., Houma, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and CUTRER, JJ.


CUTRER, Judge.

This is a tort action arising out of an intersectional collision in which Dwynell "Dee" Hale seeks to recover damages for injuries he allegedly sustained. The issue presented on appeal is whether the trial judge committed manifest error in his award of damages.

Plaintiff was operating a pickup truck on a favored highway in December of 1974 when another truck driven by Mrs. Malcolm Champagne entered the highway from his right at an intersection...

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