Legal Opinion
Merritt v. Dixon
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1997No. 97-CA-0781PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JiBYRNES, Judge.
Plaintiff, Edward H. Dixon, filed a motion to dismiss the defendants’ appeal based on the claim that the appeal was filed prematurely.
This case involved an automobile accident which occurred on December 28,1995. After a trial on November 26, 1996, the trial court rendered a judgment dated December 2, 1996 in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants for damages in the amount of $6,407. On December 9, 1996 the plaintiff filed a motion for new trial and in the alternative, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), and a hearing on the motion was held on January 7,…
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