Legal Opinion
Savoy v. Martiny Warehouse, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 1989No. 88-CA-1205PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRY, Judge.
Martiny Warehouse, Inc. and its insurer, Hanover Insurance Company, appeal a personal injury judgment and the denial of their motion for a new trial or remittitur. They specify as error the excessiveness of plaintiff John Savoy’s $114,000 award and the jury’s failure to find him comparatively negligent.
On February 5, 1986 Savoy was employed as a truck driver by Steve Thompson Trucking Company and was making a *885pick-up at Martiny Warehouse. When Savoy went down the stairs from the dock he injured his knee and had surgery which was paid by Thompson’s compensation carrier, Liberty…
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