MONNIER v. BOUTTE

No. 13057.

420 So.2d 725 (1982)

Linda B. MONNIER v. Edwin R. BOUTTE, Dairyland Insurance Co., and Government Employees Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmelite M. Bertaut, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Government Employees Ins. Co.

Walter A. Robelot, II, Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr., Birdsall & Rodriguez, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Linda B. Monnier.

Before GULOTTA, KLEES and AUGUSTINE, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

The sole issue presented on appeal is the quantum of a jury award for damages resulting from a rear end collision. The plaintiff was awarded total damages in the amount of $20,000. Plaintiff contends that the amount awarded was so inadequate that it constituted an abuse of discretion. We agree and amend the judgment accordingly.

On October 31, 1979, Plaintiff-Linda B. Monnier was injured when the vehicle she was driving was hit from the rear...

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