DECKANT v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.

No. 14384.

393 So.2d 799 (1981)

Gail DECKANT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Jack E. Carlisle, Jr. and S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellants, Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. and Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by James P. Bodenheimer, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee, Gail Deckant.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts by Jerald R. Perlman, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Luther Harris.

Before PRICE, HALL and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this personal injury suit seeking damages for injuries she allegedly sustained when the automobile in which she was a passenger was struck from behind while stopped at a red light. After trial, the district court awarded plaintiff special damages in the sum of $2,077 and $10,000 for pain and suffering, or a total of $12,077. Defendants perfected a suspensive appeal, complaining that the award of damages was excessive. We affirm.

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