Siegel v. Curet

GAUDIN, Judge.

This unusual civil case was tried before a 12-person jury in the 24th Judicial District Court. According to interrogatories submitted and answered, the jury found that the plaintiff, Doris Pritchett, had in fact suffered injuries while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile negligently struck by another vehicle yet the jury awarded absolutely nothing as damages.

On appeal, Mrs. Pritchett argues that the zero verdict was either (1) the result of the trial judge’s refusal to read a requested jury instruction or (2) the jury’s erroneous finding that appellant was not hurt.

For…