Legal Opinion
Sievers v. Shreveport Transit Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1962No. 9656PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOLIN, Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, instituted suit against defendant for personal injuries and special damages as a result of an accident on September 26, 1960, in which an automobile, owned by the community and being operated by the wife, was struck from the rear by a trolley owned and operated by the defendant. The lower court awarded the wife the' sum of $2,000 for personal injuries and the husband the sum of $400.76 as special damages. From this judgment, defendant has appealed and plaintiffs have answered the appeal in an effort to have both awards increased to the amounts…
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