PINNACE v. FRANCINGUES

No. 12154.

404 So.2d 1347 (1981)

Rachel W. PINNACE v. Baron FRANCINGUES et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray, Murray, Ellis, Braden & Landry, Romualdo Gonzalez and Kern A. Reese, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Borrello & Huber, Victor A. Dubuclet, III, Metairie, for Baron Francingues and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Floyd F. Greene, New Orleans, for New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and KLEES, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an award of $1,310.75, complaining of the trial judge's limiting the general damages award to $500 because no physician corroborated plaintiff's testimony of her minor injury. Neither defendant appeals or answers plaintiff's appeal. The question is whether the trial judge erred in refusing a continuance when plaintiff's sole intended medical witness, subpoenaed 13 days before the trial, did not appear. We answer yes and remand...

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