Legal Opinion
Hampton v. Marino
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 6, 1998No. 97 CA 1345PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This appeal arises out of a personal injury suit involving an automobile accident. We consider whether the trial court erred in assessing liability, whether an award of general damages was an abuse of discretion, and whether a stipulation addressing the maximum amount of recovery for individual petitioners was properly interpreted by the trial court. We amend the trial court’s judgment and, as amended, we affirm the judgment.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On November 18, 1993, plaintiff-appellee, Judith S. Hampton, was driving westbound on Goodwood Blvd. with her minor son, Jermaine Smith,…
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