Evans v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

11 This appeal centers around an accident in which defendant, Josephine Griffin, backed her vehicle into plaintiff, Liticia Evans. The trial court determined that plaintiff’s injuries were “minor” and awarded $750 in general damages, plus special damages in the amount of $538.45, the cost of plaintiffs visit to the emergency room. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

*332FACTS

On November 18, 2004, defendant was backing her vehicle into a parking space at a washateria in Shreveport, Louisiana. Defendant did not see plaintiff, who was using a public telephone located…