Legal Opinion
Skipper v. Berry
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 15, 2000No. 99-1433PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
h SAUNDERS, Judge.
This is a negligence case. The trial court overruled Defendants’ exception of res judicata and awarded Clarence Skipper (Plaintiff) $4,000.00 in general damages, $1,595.00 for past medicals, and $1,954.00 in lost wages. We affirm.
*58 FACTS
On January 14, 1998, Plaintiff injured his back in an automobile accident. The accident occurred while Plaintiff, driving a 1978 Chevrolet pickup, was traveling on the 700th block of Bertrand in Lafayette, Louisiana. Clinton Hixson (Hixson), who was driving a 1996 Ford pickup with a goose-neck trailer attached, attempted to merge right and…
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