Brown v. City of Shreveport

hi respectfully concur in the result, but write separately to emphasize that an analysis- of prior awards is appropriate if and only if the reviewing court first makes an independent and articulated finding that the trial court’s award is an abuse of discretion. Purvis v. Grant Parish School Bd., 2013-1424 (La.2/14/14), 144 So.3d 922, 307 Ed. L. Rep. 1165, and citations therein. I do not see such a finding in the majority opinion, only a vague reference to a “holistic approach” to general damages and a sudden discussion of prior awards. Moreover, I am uneasy about comparing extremely old…