Legal Opinion
Slider v. Myers
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1990No. 21297-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDSAY, Judge.
The plaintiff, Maple Slider, filed suit against the defendant, John Paul Meyer, (incorrectly named as “Myers” in the original petition) for the wrongful death of her twenty-three year old retarded son, Melvin Slider. The trial court ruled in favor of the *1113plaintiff, awarding her $30,000 in general damages, plus vfuneral expenses of $2,659.70. However, the trial court found the decedent to be seventy percent at fault in causing the accident which resulted in his death and reduced the damage award accordingly. Both the plaintiff and the defendant appealed. We amend, and, as…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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