Legal Opinion
Augustine v. Safeco National Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 10, 2009No. CA 08-1515PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN D. SAUNDERS, Judge.
1 [This is a personal injury case where the defendants appeal the trial court’s grant of the plaintiffs’ motion for judgment not withstanding the verdict (JNOV) and its subsequent award of future medical expenses, future pain and suffering, future mental anguish, and future loss of earnings, along with increasing damages awarded for past pain and suffering, past mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium.
For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s grant of the JNOV and the trial coui’t’s subsequent award of increased damages for past…
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- Rowe v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
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