Sonnier v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Plaintiff Francis L. Sonnier instituted this suit in tort claiming reparation for personal injuries and property damage he incurred in an automobile collision. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict rejecting plaintiff’s demands, and judgment was rendered accordingly.

Plaintiff then timely applied for a new trial, alleging in his motion: The judgment was “contrary to the law and the evidence”; it was error for the court to refuse requested instructions; the jury failed to carry out the instructions it received as to the law; on voir dire examination some of the jurors who were accepted for…