MOFFETT v. LUMPKIN

No. 10873.

382 So.2d 278 (1980)

Lloyd Robert MOFFETT, Jr. v. Mary LUMPKIN et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte J. Ducote, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Alexander C. Cocke, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and HOOD, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Awarded by the jury a total of only $15,000 for facial scarring (from breaking an automobile windshield with his head), a deep laceration of the knee, $2,763 medical expenses (including emergency room suturing by a plastic surgeon, later surgical revision and finally dermabrasion) and $2,442 claimed as lost wages, plaintiff appeals.

We sympathize with plaintiff; general damages of about $10,000 is towards the low end of the range for his many...

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