Fincher v. Meyer-Greenwald Construction Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtCarver, J.
Defendant, a partnership, appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff $1,000.00 for personal injuries caused by the felling of a tree by defendant’s employees.
Defendant does not dispute liability, but claims that the judgment is excessive.
Plaintiff was riding in an automobile when the tree fell on it and her.
She received a wound about an inch above the umbilical line on the right side, the wound being about three - fourths of an inch long, about one inch deep and penetrated into the fat tissue but not to the abdominal cavity or to the muscles.
*459The wound healed up but left a jagged scar.
Her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stewart v. Arkansas Southern R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
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