Legal Opinion
Faulk v. Cagle Supply, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 5, 1982No. 81-C-2030PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Chief Justice.
This suit for personal injuries arose when plaintiff was injured in an accident in which his United States Postal Service truck was struck by an eighteen wheeler truck owned by defendant, Cagle Supply, Inc. The jury awarded plaintiff $14,000 in damages. Plaintiff appealed, asserting that the award was too low, and the court of appeal affirmed.1 We granted plaintiff’s application for review. 406 So.2d 607 (La. 1981).
Plaintiff is a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service in Morgan City, Louisiana. On January 18, 1978 he had parked his truck in the driveway of…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Reck v. StevensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Jordan v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Bitoun v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Anderson v. Welding Testing Laboratory, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Turner v. Safeco Ins. Co. of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
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