OGDEN v. DALTON

Nos. 18394-CA and 18395-CA.

501 So.2d 1071 (1987)

Monroe F. OGDEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Burton P. DALTON, et al., Defendant-Appellant. O.F. NEALY and Richard O. Nealy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Burton P. DALTON, dba Dalton Enterprises, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by David H. Nelson, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

Napper, Waltman, Madden, Rogers & Waltman, by Lee B. Waltman, Ruston, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HALL, MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

Dalton, who rear-ended a delivery van that had entered the interstate highway on which Dalton was driving his truck, appeals judgments for money damages which assessed him with 100 percent of the fault. Dalton contends that the van driver was wholly, if not partially, at fault and that, in any event, the awards to the driver for general damages ($15,000) and to the owner of the van for the loss of the van ($5,200) are abusively high and should be reduced...

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