MARCUM v. JOHNSTON

No. 32,634-CA.

750 So.2d 1186 (2000)

Jodi M. MARCUM and Daniel A. Marcum, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carey S. JOHNSTON and Allstate Insurance Company, In Solido, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Frederickson, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellants.

Rice & Kendig By M. Carl Rice William F. Kendig, Jr., Rountree, Cox, Guin & Achee, Billy J. Guin, Jr., Shreveport, Counsel for By Appellees.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


STEWART, J.,

At issue is whether the trial court erred in awarding only $5,500 in general damages to Jodi Marcum for soft tissue injuries sustained in a rear-end collision and in denying Daniel Marcum's claim for loss of consortium damages. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 8, 1996, Jodi Marcum ("Marcum") was involved in an automobile accident while driving on Olive Street in Shreveport, Louisiana. Marcum's 1988 Ford Escort was hit from behind by a vehicle...

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