HIGGINBOTHAM v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 19,013-CA.

513 So.2d 537 (1987)

Emily Sue Green HIGGINBOTHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY & Employers Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruscato, Loomis, Street & Anzelmo by C. Daniel Street, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Thomas G. Zentner, Jr., Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Emily Sue Green Higginbotham, appeals the decision of the trial court awarding her $30,775.40 in damages against the defendants, Ouachita Parish Police Jury and its insurer, Employers Fire Insurance Company. Liability was admitted by the defendants in the trial court. In this appeal, the plaintiff claims the trial court award was so low as to constitute an abuse of discretion. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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