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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO. v. CHABERT

No. 91-3256.

973 F.2d 441 (1992)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earline CHABERT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Gaudry, Jr., Daniel A. Ranson, Windhorst, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, Gretna, La., for defendant-appellant.

Raymond Joseph Salassi, Jr., Ellen S. Kovach, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, SMITH, Circuit Judge, and FITZWATER, District Judge.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Earline Chabert appeals a judgment against her for $132,000 in favor of Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SOPAC). She also appeals the amount awarded on her counterclaim for attorney's fees and costs. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.

Background

On November 3, 1982, Chabert's husband, Thomas Chabert, was killed in an automobile accident on the Greater New Orleans Bridge. At the time of his death Thomas Chabert...

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