MARTIN v. McHANN

No. 14640.

404 So.2d 1297 (1981)

Bobby MARTIN and Dixie M. Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John W. McHANN; Nix Brokerage Company and West American Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farrar, Perry & Jefferson by Harvey P. Perry, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio by Charles S. Smith, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

This appeal by plaintiffs, husband and wife, presents for our consideration the narrow issue of whether a damage award in appellants' favor for whiplash injuries sustained by the wife in an automobile accident is inadequate. We answer in the negative and affirm.

Factual circumstances surrounding the accident were undisputed and liability was not seriously contested. On August 29, 1977 a car driven by Mrs. Dixie Martin, while stopped...

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