Delores M. v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.

11With liability for the accident stipulated, a jury awarded $100,000 in future special damages for injuries arising out of a pedestrian/automobile accident involving a five-year-old boy. The jury failed to award past special damages, which had been stipulated, or past or future general damages. The jury further found that the insurer defendant was not in bad faith in its refusal to tender approximate amounts for the loss under La. R.S. 22:1892. The trial judge thereafter granted plaintiffs motion for judgment not withstanding the verdict and increased the award to $600,000. The trial court…