Legal Opinion

Bullock v. Graham

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 1, 1996No. 96-C-0711PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

681 So.2d 1248 (1996)

Tammy BULLOCK

v.

Lillie GRAHAM, T.L. James & Company, Inc. and Highlands Insurance Company.

No. 96-C-0711.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 1, 1996.

Timothy Kevin Lamy, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Foley, for Applicant.

Philip Jude Borne, Christovich & Kearney, for Respondents.

BLEICH, Justice.[*]

ISSUE

We granted writs in this case to determine the amount of damages a plaintiff may recover after stipulating that the amount in controversy did not exceed the jurisdictional limits placed on civil jury trials by La.C.C.P. art. 1732(1).[1] The court of appeal reduced the trial court's…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. RJ D'HEMECOURT PETROLEUM v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. Dorothy Evans Anderson Etc. v. Dr. M. L. MoorerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  3. Stevens v. Winn-Dixie of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  4. Walker v. ThapLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994

3Cited by26 opinions

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  2. Miller v. LammicoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  3. Hall v. Brookshire Bros., Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  4. Benoit v. Allstate Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. Guidry v. Millers Cas. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002

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