WHEAT v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 89 CA 1329.

583 So.2d 1 (1991)

Javis H. WHEAT v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writs Denied April 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Giglio, Baton Rouge, for Javis H. Wheat.

David Vaughn Baton Rouge, for State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS, WATKINS, LeBLANC and GONZALES, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

This personal injury action reaches us on appeal and answer to appeal following a grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and an award to the plaintiff of $49,975.26 reduced by fifty percent for the plaintiff's negligence.

On June 26, 1985, the plaintiff, Mrs. Javis H. Wheat, had an accident while descending pre-cast concrete steps at the front of her brother's home. The accident resulted in a rotational-type fracture of the tibia...

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