Arco Oil & Gas Co. v. Deshazer

| iTHIBODEAUX, Judge.

This ease is before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court. The facts are fully delineated in our earlier opinion, Arco Oil & Gas Co. v. Deshazer, 96-1344 (La.App. 3 Cir. 5/21/97); 698 So.2d 408. The issue is whether damages for mental anguish are recoverable under La.Code Civ.P. art. 3608. A three-judge panel | aof our court held that the recovery of such damages is proper. Previously, Fontenot v. Petmecky, 386 So.2d 702 (La.App. 3 Cir.), unit denied, 393 So.2d 747 (La.1980), determined that no authority existed for the award of mental anguish damages under…