Jolivette v. Hebert

GREMILLION, Judge.

| ]The plaintiff, Wilson Jolivette, appeals the jury’s determination that he was 70% at fault in a pedestrian/truck accident. He further appeals the jury’s award of $56,000 in damages. Defendants, Ray Hebert, Hanagriff s Machine Shop, Inc., and Peerless Insurance Company, filed a brief in April 2016, urging that the jury erred in assigning fault to Ray Hebert. Additionally, in June 2016, the defendants filed a brief arguing that the jury did not commit manifest error in its damage awards. For the following reasons, we affirm as amended.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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