Bouquet v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

BOBBIE BOUQUET AND JAMES BOUQUET, JR.

v.

WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 2008-C-0309.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 4, 2008.

We granted certiorari in this matter to determine whether the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, erred in reversing that portion of the trial court's judgment which affirmed the jury's general damage award and amending the judgment to reflect an increase of the general damages awarded from $115,000 to $200,000. For the reasons that follow, we reverse that part of the Court of Appeal's judgment reversing, in part, and amending the judgment of the trial court. Accordingly, the trial…