Thibodeaux v. Donnell

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF TERREBONNE

hWe grant this writ application to determine whether the court of appeal on remand for de novo review abused its discretion in its award of general damages to the plaintiffs. The facts are thoroughly summarized in Thibodeaux v. Donnell, 16-0570 (La. 1/20/17), 219 So.3d 274. In our prior opinion, this court held that, because the court of appeal found manifest error in the jury’s factual findings, the court of appeal should have performed a de novo review of damages under Mart v. Hill, 505 So.2d 1120 (La. 1987).…