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DENTON v. VIDRINE

Nos. 2006 CA 0141, 2006 CA 0142.

951 So.2d 274 (2006)

Thomas R. DENTON v. Pamela A. VIDRINE, American Deposit Insurance Company, La Sheriffs' Automobile Risk Program, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Pamela Vidrine v. Thomas R. Denton, Randall Andre in his Capacity as Sheriff for the Parish of West Baton Rouge—West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana Sheriffs' Automobile Risk Program and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis O. Unglesby, Robert M. Marionneaux, Harry L. Shoemaker, III, John P. Calmes, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee Thomas R. Denton.

Ronnie J. Berthelot, Carlos Romanach, E. Wade Shows, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant State of Louisiana Through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).

Suzanne Willoughby Miller, Terry J. Butcher, Baton Rouge, for Defendants-Appellees State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Pamela A. Vidrine.

Burt K. Carnahan, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Before: PETTIGREW, DOWNING, and HUGHES, JJ.

PETTIGREW, J.

These consolidated cases, involving claims for damages resulting from personal injuries, arise out of the same vehicular collision. Following a lengthy trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, awarding damages totaling $5,285,908.00. The instant appeal followed. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

FACTS

On January 12, 1995, Thomas R. Denton, a reserve deputy with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriffs Office...

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