GRIFFIN v. LOUISIANA SHERIFF'S AUTO RISK

No. 1999 CA 2944.

802 So.2d 691 (2001)

Dorothy GRIFFIN and Odette Griffin v. The LOUISIANA SHERIFF'S AUTO RISK ASSOCIATION, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office and Danny Theriot.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied November 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Smith, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee/Second Appellant, Dorothy Griffin.

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Jerry J. Larpenter, Sheriff for the Parish of Terrebonne.

James S. Thompson, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor/Appellee, Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Company.

BEFORE: CARTER, GONZALES, FOGG, GUIDRY, and DOWNING, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Jerry J. Larpenter, Sheriff for the Parish of Terrebonne (Sheriff Larpenter), of a JNOV granted in favor of the plaintiff, Dorothy Griffin (Ms. Griffin), increasing the amount of her jury award from $219,229.72 to $384,229.72. The plaintiff answered the appeal and seeks an additional increase to her award of damages.

Factual Background and Procedural History

On June 2, 1994, Ms. Griffin was injured as...

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