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HOSKIN v. PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT

No. 97-CA-0061.

703 So.2d 207 (1997)

Felix HOSKIN, Jr. v. PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Waid, Denise L. Martin, Bubrig and Waid, Buras, for appellant Felix Hoskin, Jr.

Sidney W. Degan, III, R. Edward Blanchard, Degan, Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, for appellee The Lexington Insurance Company.

Stephen C. Braud, Parish Attorney, Michael L. Mullin, Assistant Parish Attorney, Belle Chasse, for appellee Plaquemines Parish Government.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BARRY, KLEES, PLOTKIN and CIACCIO, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals an award of $301,465.17. We increase the award for past medicals by $1,250.51 (total $88,005.68); future medicals by $9,980 (total $12,500); general damages by $100,000 (total $300,000); and future lost wages to $1,500. We affirm as amended.

Felix Hoskin owns and operates Hoskin Inc., a company that contracts out drag lines and bulldozers. He was injured on October 27, 1994 when a Caterpillar excavator, operated by a Plaquemines...

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