BUDGET RENT-A-CAR v. GRADNIGO

No. 91-1125.

611 So.2d 147 (1992)

BUDGET RENT-A-CAR OF NEW ORLEANS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeffery J. GRADNIGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Donovan, Jr., Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant —Budget.

Nicholas Gachassin, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee —Watts.

Robert M. Mahony, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee —CUI.

Nan Landry, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee —Nationwide Ins.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and WOODARD, JJ.


WOODARD, Judge.

The issues on appeal are whether the trial court erred (1) in accepting an expert witness; (2) in failing to allow a deposition of a witness who was allegedly unavailable; (3) in the assessment of fault between defendants; (4) in refusing to hold the record open for further testimony; and (5) in awarding excessive damages.

This suit arises from a claim for property damages sustained when Wendel N. Butler (Butler), while driving a rental van...

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