Legal Opinion
Mathews v. Allstate Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 14, 1970No. 3086Published
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
Allstate Insurance Company appeals contending that the $5,000 awarded for a lum-bosacral sprain and a fractured coccyx was excessive. Mrs. Mathews answered the appeal contending that the award was inadequate.
Mrs. Mathews was a guest passenger in an automobile insured by Allstate. Liability is not contested. Neither is the award of $1,197.26 ($798.50 medical and $398.76 for loss of earnings) to Mr. Mathews.
The accident occurred on January 28, 1969. Mrs. Mathews was taken to the Hospital emergency room, x-rayed and released with oral medications. The next day she went to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gaspard v. LeMaireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Ballard v. National Indemnity Company of Omaha, Neb.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- Lomenick v. SchoefflerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Craig v. BurchLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Humphries v. Delta Fire & Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
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