HENRY v. WILLIAMS

No. CA 2000.

459 So.2d 1212 (1984)

Mrs. Betty R. HENRY v. Joseph WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Muldrow Etheredge, The Law Offices of Owen J. Bradley, Sherman F. Raphael, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jacob Kansas, Law Office of Jacob Kansas, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and WARD, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell through a hole in the bathroom floor of the house she rented from defendant. The trial court awarded her $750.00 in general damages, and she has appealed seeking an increase in the award. Defendant has neither appealed nor answered the appeal. The issue is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in the amount of the award.

Plaintiff testified that on October 24...

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