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

No. 86-417.

509 So.2d 466 (1987)

John L. WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and Kenneth Lacaze, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied June 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson B. Bolinger, of Forrest and Lopresto, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Richard M. Sandefer, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge, Retired, Pro Tem.

The issues presented by this appeal are whether the trial judge was correct in denying defendants' peremptory exceptions of prescription and whether the trial court abused its much discretion in awarding plaintiff $50,000.00 in general damages for disability, pain and suffering.

Plaintiff filed suit on November 15, 1984 for personal injuries suffered as a result of an auto accident occurring April 29, 1983. Plaintiff...

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