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SCHWAMB v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

No. 86 CA 0508.

516 So.2d 452 (1987)

Howard K. SCHWAMB, Jr. and Mary P. Schwamb v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Jane Doe, Mary Doe, Richard Smith, and Dudley Anderson.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1988.

Writs Denied March 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Dué, L.D. Sledge and Charles Wm. Roberts, Baton Rouge, Joseph H. Simpson, Amite, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Francis G. Weller and James Hahn, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Paul G. Preston, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Harley E. Sexton, III.

Esmond Phelps, II, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Donald O. Collins and Vivian Madison, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Heath Tecna Aerospace.

Nadine Ramsey, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Nat. Fire Ins. Co.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

Howard K. Schwamb, Jr. was injured on a Delta Air Lines flight when a briefcase fell from an overhead luggage bin onto his head. After trial, the jury found that Delta was solely liable for Schwamb's injuries and awarded damages for lost earnings, general damages, and damages for Mrs. Schwamb's loss of consortium. It awarded nothing for Schwamb's loss of anticipated profits from a proposed business project...

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