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ROME v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 99-CA-976.

751 So.2d 460 (2000)

Michael Joseph ROME v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., Massachusetts Bay Ins. Co. and Darlene Russo, Admin. of the Estate of Her Minor Child, Jessica L. Dronet.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Meisner, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., William A. Porteous, III, James R. Carter, Joel N. Terrebonne, Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Panel composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr. and SOL GOTHARD.

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and its insured, Darlene Russo, from a $140,000 judgment in favor of Michael Rome for injuries suffered by him in an automobile accident. For the following reasons we reduce the general damage award from $125,000 to $50,000. The judgment is otherwise affirmed.

It was stipulated that Jessica Dronet, the driver of one of the vehicles involved this collision, was an insured under...

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