DAVIS v. SMITH

No. 35,117-CA.

796 So.2d 765 (2001)

Betty Ruth Grissom DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lee R. SMITH, et al, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provosty, Sadler, deLaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, by Albin A. Provosty, John D. Ryland, Alexandria, Counsel for Appellants, Clarendon National Ins. Co., James T. Gentry, Inc. and Lee R. Smith.

James M. Johnson, Minden, Counsel for Appellee, Betty Ruth Grissom Davis.

Before NORRIS, STEWART and KOSTELKA, JJ.


STEWART, J.

In this wrongful death action, the jury rendered a verdict allocating sixty percent of the fault to the decedent, Richard D. Davis, and forty percent of the fault to the defendant, Lee Smith. The jury awarded total damages of $135,150 to the decedent's widow, Betty R. Davis, the plaintiff herein. After the plaintiff filed a "Motion for Additur," the trial court increased the award of damages. Both parties now appeal. Because our review of the record under...

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