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HARDY v. AUGUSTINE

No. 10-946.

55 So.3d 1019 (2011)

Norma Jean HARDY and Jonathan David Hardy v. Gene M. AUGUSTINE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Sheridan Hardy , Thomas & Hardy, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Norma Jean Hardy Jonathan David Hardy.

Frank M. Walker, Jr. , Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in its Capacity as UM Carrier.

Michael H. Schwartzberg , Vamvoras & Schwartzberg, James A. Blanco , Mitchell & Blanco, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Gene M. Augustine.

Russell J. Stutes, Jr. , P. Jody Lavergne , States & Lavergne, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Norma Jean Hardy Jonathan David Hardy.

David Laine Morgan , Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, L.L.P., Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.

DECUIR, Judge.

The defendant, Gene Augustine, appeals the trial court's determination that past and future loss of love, affection and companionship and past and future grief and anguish are recoverable as separate elements of general damages that may be included as separate items on a jury verdict form.

FACTS

On July 12, 2008, Gene Augustine swerved his pickup truck into an oncoming lane of traffic. He...

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