FITCH v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 94-346.

652 So.2d 998 (1994)

Jimmie W. FITCH, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtis, Lafayette, for Jimmie W. Fitch Jr., et al.

Christopher Leonard Zaunbreche, Michael J. Remondet Jr., Lafayette, for Vintage Petroleum, Inc., et al.

Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS and SAUNDERS, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Jimmie Fitch and his wife, Donna Fitch, appeal the amount of the jury awards in a suit brought to recover for personal injuries received in an automobile accident. They contend that a general damages award of $55,000.00 and a $90,000.00 loss of future earning capacity award to Mr. Fitch for three ruptured cervical discs and an unsuccessful fusion and a general damage award of $5,000.00 to Mrs. Fitch for fibromyositis are abusively low...

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