BENNET v. CITY OF NEW IBERIA

No. CA 2008-1369.

7 So.3d 822 (2009)

Jackie Ray BENNET v. CITY OF NEW IBERIA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Groner, Attorney at Law, New Iberia, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Jackie Ray Bennet.

Rene Sylvain Paysse, Jr., Neal John Favret, Thomas Paul Anzelmo, Jr., Johnson, Johnson, Barrios, & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, City of New Iberia.

Marcus A. Bryant, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Jackie Ray Bennet.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, J. DAVID PAINTER, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The defendant, the City of New Iberia, appeals the judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Jackie Ray Bennet, individually and as natural tutor over the estate of his minor child, Joshua Bennet, awarding Joshua $197,601.48, plus court costs and judicial interest from the date of judicial demand. For the following reasons, we affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In late July 2005, Joshua, who was ten years old at the time, attended...

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