ALEXANDER v. LABORDE

No. 11-1411.

97 So.3d 1081 (2012)

Queen ALEXANDER, et ux. v. Zachary LABORDE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Caubarreaux , Brian Caubarreaux & Associates, Marksville, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Joseph Alexander, Queen Alexander.

Staci Knox Villemarette , Cloyd, Wimberly & Villemarette, L.L.C., Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellants, Zakery Laborde, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


PICKETT, Judge.

The defendants appeal the trial court's grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and increase of damages in favor the plaintiff. For the reasons discussed below, the judgment is amended and, as amended, affirmed.

FACTS

On June 30, 2009, Queen Alexander was stopped on La. Hwy. 1 in Marksville, waiting to make a left turn, when she was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Zakery Laborde.1 Ms. Alexander...

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