VITARI v. LEWIS

No. 9339.

361 So.2d 476 (1978)

Joseph Francis VITARI, Jr. v. Samuel LEWIS, Jr. and Allstate Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Plotkin, New Orleans, Martin L. Broussard, Jr., Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, E. Ross Buckley, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Allstate Insurance Co.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and BEER, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff, injured in a "head-on" collision on April 24, 1976, on Lakeshore Drive in the City of New Orleans, was granted a $2,000.00 jury award.

The suit was directed against plaintiff's insurer under the uninsured motorist provision and against the driver of the offending vehicle. A preliminary default was entered against the driver and the matter proceeded to trial against the insurer.

At trial, after plaintiff and his treating physician...

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