Gobin v. Kogel

REDMANN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment which awarded him damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, and “permanent partial disability.” Plaintiff’s principal complaint is that the trial court excluded all evidence of loss of future earnings on the theory that plaintiff’s petition did not allege loss of earnings but only the three items specified.

That evidentiary ruling was erroneous. One element of the damages from a “permanent partial disability” from an accident is any loss of earnings attributable to that disability. See Courville v. B & B *756Engineering and S. Co., La.App.,…