Billiot v. Noble Drilling Corporation

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans, 1 insofar as it reversed the judgment of the District Court awarding plaintiff Stanborg Billiot damages in the amount of $700 ($675 for property damage to his car and $25 medical expenses paid on behalf of his minor daughter), 2 incurred as a result of an automobile collision with a car owned by the defendant Noble Drilling Corporation and insured by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, also made defendant herein. 3

According to the facts of the case, as found by the…