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Pepperdine v. South Louisiana Contractors, Inc. 486 So. 2d 317 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Gonzalas v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. 487 So. 2d 1254 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Tischler v. City of Alexandria, supra
Roy v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. 486 So. 2d 251 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.
Davis v. Galilee Baptist Church 486 So. 2d 1021 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1986
Myers v. Ford Motor Co. 486 So. 2d 1030 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1986
Co., Tyler v. Richardson, supra; LSA-C.C.
Neal v. Saizan 486 So. 2d 832 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Duplantis v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co. 486 So. 2d 974 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Degeneres v. Burgess 486 So. 2d 769 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Schilling v. US Fidelity & Guar. Co. 487 So. 2d 127 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Pizzaloto v. Hoover Co. 486 So. 2d 124 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1986
and Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc., a trial judge is given much discretion in assessing damages and the amount awarded should not be disturbed upon review absent "abuse of discretion."
Taylor v. Dupree 484 So. 2d 986 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Dobson v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. 484 So. 2d 976 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
the Supreme Court said: "Thus, the initial inquiry must always be directed at whether the trier court's award for the particular injuries and their effects upon this particular injured person is, a clear abuse of the trier of fact's " much discretion," La.Civ.C.
Miller v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development 484 So. 2d 993 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Rasmussen v. Cashio Concrete Corp. 484 So. 2d 777 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dunn 484 So. 2d 853 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Savoie v. Rayco Shipbuilders & Repair, Inc. 484 So. 2d 764 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
the Supreme Court, per Tate, J., reiterated the well-established codal rule that in the assessment of general damages, “much discretion must be left to the [trial] judge or jury,” citing Gaspard v. LeMaire, 245 La.
Dartez v. Dixon 486 So. 2d 762 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Anderson v. Rabb 484 So. 2d 196 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Files v. STATE, DOTD 484 So. 2d 746 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Burton v. Foret 484 So. 2d 753 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Ard v. Samedan Oil Corp. 483 So. 2d 925 La. 1986
Carollo v. Wilson, supra ; Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.
Keys v. Mercy Hosp. of New Orleans 485 So. 2d 514 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
art. 1934(3); and before a Court of Appeal can disturb an award by a trial court the record must clearly reveal that the trier of fact abused its discretion in making its award.
Forest v. State ex rel. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development 483 So. 2d 1313 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.
McWard v. Independent Fire Insurance Co. 482 So. 2d 984 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Wolfshohl v. Boudreaux 482 So. 2d 954 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Palermo v. Lusignan 482 So. 2d 933 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986
Fontenot v. F. Hollier & Sons 478 So. 2d 1379 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1986
Ballew v. Southland Corp. 482 So. 2d 890 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1986
Thus, the ordinary quantum review standard announced in Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc., is the appropriate standard and that under this standard the jury did not abuse its discretion in awarding the plaintiff $40,000.
Smith v. Doe 483 So. 2d 647 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
Criticized Drueding v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 482 So. 2d 83 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
Fairconetue v. Williams 482 So. 2d 198 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1986
Meyers v. Smith 482 So. 2d 60 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1986
The rule for reviewing damage awards made by the trier of fact is that appellate courts may not disturb such awards unless the record discloses a clear abuse of discretion, (La.
Bergeron v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC. 482 So. 2d 54 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1986
Blackwell v. Blackwell 479 So. 2d 1085 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Hull v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Supermarkets, Inc. 480 So. 2d 1069 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Bourque v. Gulf Marine Transp., Inc. 480 So. 2d 337 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Edmond v. Market Basket Stores, Inc. 479 So. 2d 1020 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Diodene v. Blueridge, Inc. 480 So. 2d 446 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Broussard v. Peltier 479 So. 2d 679 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
Pringle v. Williamson Chevrolet, Buick & Pontiac, Inc. 480 So. 2d 929 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1985
Cutchall v. Great American Pump Co., supra.
Szwedt v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. 479 So. 2d 453 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Brousseau v. Tucker 479 So. 2d 446 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Roberts v. Colonial Penn Insurance Co. 479 So. 2d 426 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Dykes v. Peabody Shoreline Geophysical 482 So. 2d 662 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Bourgeois v. Jones 481 So. 2d 145 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1985
LeMoine v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc. 478 So. 2d 971 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
It is well established in Louisiana law that the standard of review by an appellate court of an award of damages is whether the trier of fact abused its “much discretion.” Arena v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc., (La.App.
Tiemann v. Graff 478 So. 2d 1267 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
art. 2164, we award to Mrs. Bergman $2,000 in general damages and $1,638 in medical expenses (disallowing Dr. McClendon’s fee for examining the children), plus costs of this appeal.
Dahab v. Mathieu 478 So. 2d 1294 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1985
Arena v. Winn Dixie Louisiana, Inc., (La.
Malmay v. Sizemore 474 So. 2d 1358 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1985
Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc., supra; Winterrowd, supra; Greene v. Wright, supra .
Sharp v. METRO. PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INS. CO. 478 So. 2d 724 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1985
stated that an appellate court may not disturb an award made by the trial court without a finding of clear abuse of discretion.

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