HARDY v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 82-C-0919.

414 So.2d 305 (1982)

Deborah Kaye HARDY, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 7, 1982.


Denied.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

BLANCHE, J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.

BLANCHE, Justice (dissenting from denial of the writ application in behalf of defendants).

I respectfully dissent. The awards for future medical and future loss of wages are, in this writer's opinion, an abuse of discretion. The principal sums awarded, if modestly and prudently invested, would yield annually two to four times either the annual earnings...

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