WILLIAMS v. TAYLOR

No. 35,299-CA.

803 So.2d 268 (2001)

Nekesha WILLIAMS and Zuniga Mosley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Shirley Marie TAYLOR and Caddo Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Bart, P.L.C. by Laurence D. Cohen, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellant.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Herschel E. Richard, Jr., Shreveport, Beard & Sutherland by Frederick H. Sutherland, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellees, Shirley M. Taylor and Caddo Parish School Board.

Before STEWART, KOSTELKA and DREW, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

At issue in this appeal by the plaintiff, Zuniga Mosley, is the adequacy of the trial court's award of general damages in the amount of $50,000 and the failure of the trial court to award damages for loss of future earning capacity. Finding no abuse of discretion by the trial court, we affirm.

FACTS

On November 13, 1997, Zuniga Mosley was injured when the driver of the Caddo Parish school bus in which she was riding lost control of...

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