Dowden v. State ex rel. Department of Highways

AYRES, Judge.

This is one of the companion cases of Dowden v. State of Louisiana, La.App., 81 So.2d 48, and, for the reasons therein assigned, defendant should respond in damages for whatever injuries, pain and suffering plaintiff sustained.

In the accident Mrs. Dowden received cuts, bruises and lacerations on her knees, which were struck by the forward portion of the car in the impact of the wreck. Following the accident she was disabled from two to three weeks and was unable to perform her usual household duties. For an undisclosed length of time her knees were stiff but the wounds healed…