Legal Opinion
Davis v. Foremost Dairies
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 2011No. 45,835-CAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.
|,After a bench trial, the plaintiff was awarded $2,654,249.99 in this personal injury action for damages for a whiplash-like injury she sustained to her cervical spine when a dairy truck struck the front passenger side of her vehicle. The dairy appeals urging that plaintiff did not relate the cause of her condition to the motor vehicle accident, prove that she was disabled, or show the necessity for certain future medical procedures which accounted for the largest amount of the damage award. For the following reasons, we affirm, amend and reverse in part the judgment of the trial court.
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