MESA v. BURKE

No. 86-CA-656.

506 So.2d 121 (1987)

David MESA, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, Cynthia Mesa and Maria Luz Martinez, Wife of/and David Mesa v. Mark S. BURKE and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Title, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

William S. Vincent, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KLIEBERT, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, defendant-appellant, from a judgment for damages suffered by Maria Mesa and her daughter Cynthia in an automobile accident. State Farm urges the following grounds for reduction of the awards:

1. The amounts of general damages awarded are excessive; 2. The award of damages to Mrs. Mesa for the pain and suffering she underwent because of her daughter's injuries is...

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