PITARD v. STILLWATER TRANSFER & STORAGE

No. 90-CA-1471.

589 So.2d 1127 (1991)

Andree PITARD v. STILLWATER TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Treeby, Randall A. Smith, Angela J. Crowder, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Andree Pitard.

James R. Carter, Robert F. Lakey, Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Stillwater Transfer & Storage, Inc. and John E. Scott.

Mary Clare Hartman, Hartman & Associates, Metairie, for defendants-appellees Gaylord Wilson, Nat. Enterprises, Inc., and U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES, LOBRANO, WARD and PLOTKIN, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court's judgment awarding her $285,000 for injuries she received in an automobile accident. Plaintiff claims that the amount of damages determined by the jury is inadequate, and that the trial judge erred in denying her post-trial motions for judgment N.O.V. and additur. After reviewing the record, we increase the plaintiff's award to $400,000.

On June 4, 1986, plaintiff Andree Pitard was a passenger in a vehicle struck...

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