Lawrence v. City of Kenner

[, GRISBAUM, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from a traffic accident between a bicyclist, Jerry Tom Lawrence, and the driver of an automobile, Officer Chad Jacquet. Defendants-Appellants, Officer Chad Jacquet, The City of Kenner, and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, appeal the trial court’s allocation of partial fault to Officer Jacquet. The Plaintiff-Appellee seeks an increase in his damages award. We reverse and vacate.

ISSUES

We are called upon to determine the following:(1) Did the trial court err in assigning liability to the defendants, and(2) Is the trial court’s damages award an abuse…