BURKETT v. CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION

No. 98-CA-1237.

730 So.2d 479 (1999)

Ava Ann BURKETT v. CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION MARINE DIVISION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. de Boisblanc, New Orleans, LA, and Catherine Leary, Westwego, LA, for plaintiff/appellee.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Gus A. Manthey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Litigation Division, New Orleans, LA, for defendants/appellants.


JONES, J.

Defendants/appellants, the Crescent City Connection Marine Division and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, appeal the judgment of the trial court in favor of the plaintiff, an employee of the defendants. The trial court awarded the plaintiff $100,000 in damages, and denied the defendants'/appellants' Motion for New Trial and/or Re-argument. On appeal, defendants/appellants argue causation, excessive damages, and that the trial court...

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