GUILLORY v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. W87-771.

509 So.2d 853 (1987)

Kirt GUILLORY v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dauzat, Falgoust, etc., Jimmy L. Dauzat, Opelousas, for applicant/defendant.

Wroten, Kivett, etc., Dorothy J. Kyle, Baton Rouge, Allen, Gooch, etc., John H. Hughes, Lafayette, for defendants.

Preston Aucoin, Ville Platte, for respondents/plaintiffs.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and CULPEPPER.


PER CURIAM.

The right to a jury trial is dependent upon the good faith amount in dispute. La.C.C.P. art. 4. The good faith amount in dispute is the total of the damages sought by plaintiff, not the amount allegedly owed by one of several alleged tortfeasors. It is clear that plaintiff's demand in damages, as a result of the incident complained of in his petition, against all parties allegedly responsible exceeds the sum of $10,000.00. When Relator secured...

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