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KARL v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 86-496.

507 So.2d 263 (1987)

William Auther KARL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Jones and Alexander, J.B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Woodley, Barnett, Etc., E.E. Woodley, Scofield and Assoc, David L. Hoskins, Keith Prudhomme, of Raggio, Cappel, Lake Charles, Michael T. Pulaski, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before STOKER, LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

A jury found that the plaintiff had suffered a loss of his future earning capacity because of an injury, and in its verdict awarded him $350,000 for that loss. The trial judge disagreed with this award. Reaching different factual conclusions based on his independent evaluation of the same evidence regarding future earning capacity, the trial judge valued the loss at $150,000. He ordered a remittitur of $200,000.

Plaintiff accepted the remittitur...

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