Baumgarten v. Daigle

JiTHIBODEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff, Tara L. Baumgarten, appeals a trial court judgment awarding her $250.00 in general damages and no medical expenses as a result of a rear-end collision with defendant, Gregory J. Daigle. The trial judge found that Ms. Baumgarten did not sustain “legally cognizable damage.” The trial judge fiirther ordered that all costs related to the litigation be shared equally by the parties. We find that the trial judge was manifestly erroneous in not finding Ms. Baumgarten |2suffered an injury and abused his discretion in his award of damages. Accordingly, we amend the…