Martin v. McHann

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

This appeal by plaintiffs, husband and wife, presents for our consideration the narrow issue of whether a damage award in appellants’ favor for whiplash injuries sustained by the wife in an automobile accident is inadequate. We answer in the negative and affirm.

Factual circumstances surrounding the accident were undisputed and liability was not seriously contested. On August 29, 1977 a car driven by Mrs. Dixie Martin, while stopped on DeSiard Street in Monroe waiting for preceding traffic to move, was struck from the rear by an automobile operated by John McHann and…