SALLINGER v. ROBICHAUX

No. 1998 CA 2160R2.

797 So.2d 724 (2001)

Michael SALLINGER v. Glenn ROBICHAUX, d/b/a Robichaux Quick Stop, and Essex Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff—Appellant Michael Sallinger.

Gerald A. Melchiode, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants—Appellees Glenn Robichaux, d/b/a Robichaux Quick Stop, and Essex Insurance Company.

Before: GONZALES, FITZSIMMONS, and WEIMER, JJ.


FITZSIMMONS, J.

This matter has been remanded for our reconsideration of a jury's award of special damages without a general damage award.1 Following our ascription of an "error of law" standard of review to a special damage award by the jury that failed to include any general damages, the Louisiana Supreme Court handed down an opinion that established an "abuse of discretion" legal standard for such damage award issues. Wainwright...

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