Dugas v. Travelers Insurance Co.

TATE, Judge.

The sole issue raised by the appeal of Mrs. Lacey Dugas, plaintiff-appellant, is: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in awarding her only $250.00 for a whiplash injury to the neck and back?

Mrs. Dugas was injured when a passenger in her husband’s automobile. The vehicle was stopped when it was struck by the truck of the defendant insured. The truck was proceeding only 1-2 mph.

Mrs. Dugas testified that, after she went to bed on the night of the accident, she commenced to feel pain in her neck and back. She testified that she still occasionally felt the pain at the time of…