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THOMAS v. STATE FARM INS. CO.

Nos. 18282 to 18285.

499 So.2d 562 (1986)

Luby R. THOMAS, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE FARM INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendant-Appellant. Scott E. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE FARM INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendant-Appellant. Mary Frances TUGGLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE, Through DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendant-Appellant. Billy Phillip TUGGLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE, Through DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writs Denied January 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler & Johnson by D.G. Tyler, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee Luby R. Thomas.

Gordon, Bailey & Assoc. by Jack M. Bailey, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee Scott Thomas.

Steven G. McKenzie, Bossier City, for plaintiff-appellee Mary Frances Tuggle.

A. Richard Snell, Bossier City, for plaintiff-appellee Billy Phillip Tuggle.

Ronald R. Thompson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant State, Through the Dept. of Transp. and Development.

Kitchens, Benton, Kitchens & Warren by S. Michael Adcock, Minden, for defendant-appellant State Farm Ins. Co.

Before MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.

CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tem.

The only issue raised by the state in its appeal is whether certain damages awarded by the trial court are excessive. Finding that the trial judge abused his discretion in making some of the damage awards, we amend those awards and affirm as amended.

FACTS

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on November 4, 1983, Mary Frances Tuggle was driving on U.S. Highway 79 from Homer to Minden. She was in her proper lane of travel and accompanied...

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