DUGAS v. JIMINEZ

No. 12830.

413 So.2d 531 (1982)

Barbara Dugas, Wife of/and Harry DUGAS v. Irma JIMINEZ, Richard Wise and Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Leydecker, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lobman & Carnahan, Edward P. Lobman, Metairie, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, GARRISON and BYRNES, JJ.


GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, granting to plaintiff damages in the amount of $210,000.00 and to her husband damages in the amount of $18,768.38. From that judgment, which we affirm, defendant appeals, arguing that the trial judge abused his discretion by awarding an excessively high verdict.

Liability was admitted at trial. Accordingly, the only issue before the trial court was the question of quantum. The trial...

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