YELLOTT v. UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

No. 2004-1342.

915 So.2d 917 (2005)

M. Jayne YELLOTT v. UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY and Sabine Pools, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

August 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudie R. Soileau, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant — M. Jayne Yellott.

Patrick J. Briney, Richard R. Montgomery, Briney & Foret, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees — Sabine Pools, Inc. and Underwriters Insurance Company.

V. Ed McGuire, III, Plauche', Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Intervenor/Appellee — State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

This personal injury action, arising out of a car collision between a left-turning pickup truck and the plaintiff's vehicle, which was attempting to pass, was tried by jury and resulted in a fault allocation of 50% to each driver. The jury awarded the plaintiff, M. Jayne Yellott ("Yellott"), $10,000.00 for loss of past earnings and $90,000.00 for past, present, and future medical expenses. However, the jury rejected Yellott's request for general...

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