Nuccio v. Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when the taxicab he was operating was struck in the rear by a vehicle owned by Turnbull Cone Baking Company of Louisiana and insured by Fireman’s Fund American Insurance Companies. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff by a vote of 10 to 2 awarding him $38,200.00, of which $3,-200.00 represented special damages. The defendants paid the amount of the special damages, and appealed suspensively from that portion of the judgment awarding plaintiff $35,000.00 for pain, suffering and loss of…