Ardoin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1DissentMiller, Judge
I respectfully submit that the jury determined that plaintiff was unworthy of belief. Their $100 award rejected her extensive complaints of pain and suffering which plaintiff claimed resulted from this accident. The majority has affirmed the jury award, and I agree that it should not be increased.
It is difficult for me to understand how a guest passenger plaintiff can recover when she judicially declares that she was alert and watching the road, that the driver was not speeding and was driving prop*374erly, and that the driver could not have avoided the accident.
Plaintiff was the only witness to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hill v. Lundin & Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Langlinais v. Geophysical Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- Fontana v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Pitre v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Hebert v. General Accident Fire & Life Assur. Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
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