ARIAS v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.

No. 98-CA-978.

734 So.2d 730 (1999)

Maria E. ARIAS v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Arias, New Orleans, Attorney for Appellee.

John W. Hite, III, Owen A. Neff, New Orleans, Attorneys for Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") appeals a default judgment in favor of plaintiff Maria Arias ("Arias") in the amount of $60,092.50. We set aside that judgment for the following reasons.

Arias filed suit in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, alleging that she was injured in an automobile accident on January 21, 1997, and suffered damages both to her person and to her automobile. She averred that...

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