Rome v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
| .DUFRESNE, Judge.
This is an appeal by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and its insured, Darlene Russo, from a $140,000 judgment in favor of Michael Rome for injuries suffered by him in an automobile accident. For the following reasons we reduce the general damage award from $125,000 to $50,000. The judgment is otherwise affirmed.
It was stipulated that Jessica Dronet, the driver of one of the vehicles involved this collision, was an insured under the applicable insurance policies. Those policies were a $50,000 liability policy written by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance…
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