BATISTE v. NEW HAMPSHIRE INS. CO.

No. 94-1467.

657 So.2d 168 (1995)

Joseph BATISTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied September 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Boyd Anderson, Jr., Lafayette, for Joseph Batiste.

Charles Andrew O'Brien, III, Baton Rouge, for New Hampshire Ins. Co., et al.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and YELVERTON and WOODARD, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This appeal in a vehicular accident case involves only the issue of an award for loss of earning capacity. Joseph Batiste, the plaintiff, was a passenger in a truck which was hit by an eighteen wheeler on July 8, 1991. He sustained injuries to his back and sacroiliac joint. Liability was stipulated. A jury on May 23, 1994, awarded itemized damages, including an item for $13,000 for loss of earning capacity. Batiste filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding...

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