Fox v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

288 So.2d 42 (1973)

Fay FOX

v.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and James C. Lewis.

No. 53423.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 1973.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1974.

Melvin J. Giepert, Arnold & Giepert, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.

Geoffrey H. Longenecker, C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

DIXON, Justice.

We granted writs in this case to review the opinion of the Court of Appeal which reduced a jury verdict for a "whiplash" injury from $25,000 to $10,875. 273 So.2d 743 (1973).

Defendants admitted…