ESTATE OF HICKERSON v. ZIMMERMAN

No. 2002-CA-1195.

853 So.2d 55 (2003)

The ESTATE OF HICKERSON, Jr., Valorie Hickerson and Adoracion Hickerson v. George ZIMMERMAN, Orleans Parish School Board, And National Union Fire Insurance.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig B. Mitchell and Janet M. Ahern, Mitchell-Ahern, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Clare Jupiter, Bryan & Jupiter, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge, DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR., and Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD).


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is a wrongful death and survival action arising from a vehicle-pedestrian collision. Both the plaintiffs and the defendants appeal as to the allocation of fault and as to the amounts of general damages awarded. Because we find that the trial court was not clearly wrong-manifestly erroneous as to the allocation of fault, and did not abuse its discretion as to the amounts of general damages, we will affirm.

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