No. 4420 Precedential Processed

Oliveira v. Crowther

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed June 4, 1957 · 96 So. 2d 96

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 7, 1971 250 So. 2d 66; La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., May 31, 1974 291 So. 2d 852

Cited by

Janice v. Whitley 111 So. 2d 852 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1959
Guidry v. Crowther 96 So. 2d 71 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1957

Authorities cited

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Guidry v. Crowther 96 So. 2d 71
Rhymes v. Guidry 84 So. 2d 634

Opinion text

TATE, Judge. The facts and legal issues are discussed in the companion case, Guidry v. Growther, La.App., 96 So.2d 71 , rendered this date. For the reasons stated therein, the District Court correctly held appellant liable. Appellants alternatively urge that the damages awarded were excessive. The District Court awarded $700 for personal injuries, plus $42 of proven medical expenses, for “a complete fracture of the left 7th rib” from which young Olivei-ra suffered “a month and a half or two months, according to his testimony”. He stayed in bed two weeks at home as a result of the painful fracture. The award is not manifestly excessive. See Rhymes v. Guidry, La.App. 1 Cir., 84 So.2d 634 . The judgment appealed from is affirmed. Affirmed. ELLIS, J., dissents. Rehearing denied; ELLIS, J., dissenting.