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BENOIT v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 00-CC-0424.

773 So.2d 702 (2000)

David BENOIT v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Michael Donovan, Vance William Ott, Donovan & Lawler, Metairie, Counsel for Applicant.

Darryl Michael Breaux, Rene Brierre deLaup, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent.

Marc Hale Conrad, New Orleans, Counsel for Amicus Curiae United Automobile Services Assn.

John J. Weigel, New Orleans, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Louisiana Association Defense Counsel.

LEMMON, Justice

La.Code Civ. Proc. art. 1732(1) specifies a minimum monetary threshold for the availability of a jury trial. Prior to 1989, the statutory standard for determining the monetary threshold for a jury trial was the "amount in dispute." La. Acts 1989, No. 107, changed the standard to the amount of at least one "individual petitioner's cause of action."1 The present case, which involves...

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