Landry v. Davis

EDWARDS, Judge.

This is a suit by John Landry to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of a battery inflicted by the defendant, Brad Davis. After trial on the merits, judgment was rendered awarding Landry the sum of $3,000.00 as damages and $186.00 as medical expenses. From this judgment, Landry has appealed contending that the damage award is grossly inadequate. Davis answered the appeal and requested that the judgment be reversed, or, in the alternative, reduced as being excessive.

The record discloses that the incident occurred at approximately 2:00 a. m. on June 10, 1975, in…