Legal Opinion
Cooley v. Adgate
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2018No. 52,000–CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The plaintiff, Shelley Cooley, appeals a judgment awarding her $50,000 in general damages against the defendants, Timothy Adgate and the City of Shreveport. The trial court declined to award any amount for future medical expenses, finding that the evidence of such expenses was too speculative. For the following reasons, we amend the judgment to award future medical expenses and affirm as amended.
FACTS
On November 2, 2012, a collision occurred when the vehicle driven by Shelley Cooley was hit from the rear by a vehicle driven by Timothy Adgate, an employee of the City of Shreveport. Following…
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