COOKMEYER v. LANGSTON

No. CA-4570.

487 So.2d 525 (1986)

Alice Marie COOKMEYER v. Thomas Paul LANGSTON and Zurich Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Patrick Regan, Metairie, for plaintiff.

Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr., Windhorst, Pastorek & Gaudry, Harvey, for defendants.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and BARRY, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

In this personal injury suit, defendants appeal on quantum only from a $54,186.00 jury award to a plaintiff with soft tissue injuries. We conclude the award is excessive and reduce it to $26,982.00.

On July 22, 1983, 20 year old Alice Marie Cookmeyer suffered a sprain of her right foot, lumbosacral strain, and soft tissue injuries to her chest, right arm, and shoulder after falling ten feet from a...

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