Menard v. Lafayette Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Justice.*
11 This writ concerns whether the Court of Appeal correctly applied the manifest error standard of review in increasing the jury’s award for future medical expenses in this personal injury case. Plaintiff, Shannon Menard (Menard), filed the instant suit against defendants, Lafayette Insurance Company (Lafayette Ins.), Pre-jean Service Company, Inc. (Prejean), and Scott Benjamin Buxton (Buxton), for damages she sustained as a result of an automobile accident.1 The jury rendered judgment in plaintiffs favor awarding her $88,373.73 for future medical expenses. Finding manifest…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rosell v. EscoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Perkins v. Entergy Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- Walls v. American Optical Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Kaiser v. HardinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
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