REDONDO v. CONSOL. FREIGHTWAYS CORP. OF DELAWARE

No. 88-CA-0069.

529 So.2d 1296 (1988)

John REDONDO v. CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, and Marvin H. Lott.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiedemann & Fransen, Lawrence D. Weidemann, W. Lloyd Bowers, New Orleans, for appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Claude D. Vasser, Bruce J. Toppin, New Orleans, for defendants.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and GARRISON and PLOTKIN, JJ.


GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal on quantum only from a $100,000 jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff injured in a rear-end vehicular collision. Seeking an increase, plaintiff contends that the award is inadequate because he has sustained a ruptured lumbar disc that has permanently disabled him from employment. Although the evidence supports a conclusion that plaintiff can return to work, we increase the award to the sum of $183,431.85, the minimum amount within...

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