Legal Opinion

Hieu Phuong Hoang v. Thornton Services, Inc.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 27, 2016No. 2015-CA-0749Published

1Opinion of the Court

DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.

| ¶ Plaintiff, Hieu Phuong Hoang, was injured in an accident on March 16, 2011, when she collided with a dump truck being driven by Kenneth -Thornton, and owned by Thornton Services, Inc., on Chef Ment-eur Highway in .eastern New Orleans. Following a four-day jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, Hieu Phuong Hoang, finding her fifteen *866percent at fault for the underlying accident, and defendant, Dwight K. Thornton, Jr., eighty-five percent at fault. The jury awarded plaintiff $754,000. The trial court reduced the verdict by fifteen percent, and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. Clement v. FreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  3. Duncan v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  4. Gray v. American Nat. Property & Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  5. Niemann v. Travelers Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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