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COBENA v. METRO DISPOSAL, INC.

No. 02-CA-1062.

844 So.2d 126 (2003)

Michael COBENA v. METRO DISPOSAL, INC., Marick McKissic Lee, Scottsdale Insurance Company and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond S. Steib, Jr., Frank C. Miller, III, Lake Charles, LA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wayne R. Maldonado, Stephen M. Gele, Ginger K. Deforest, Ungarino & Eckert, Metairie, LA, for defendant-appellee.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, CLARENCE E. McMANUS and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.

CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

At issue in this case is whether the jury's damage award to plaintiff for injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision was proper in light of the evidence presented at trial. For the following reasons, we increase the damage award.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arises from a March 4, 1998, motor vehicle collision in which plaintiff's car was rear-ended and knocked forward several feet by a garbage...

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