Sullivan v. Zetz 7-Up Bottling Co.

STOULIG, Judge.

Defendants, Zetz 7-Up Bottling Co., Inc. (Zetz), and its insurer, Continental Insurance Company, have appealed a jury verdict-judgment condemning them to pay $50,000 to plaintiff, Mark Sullivan, for injuries he allegedly sustained in a truck-car collision on Pontchartrain Boulevard near the City Park Avenue intersection in the City of New Orleans. Appellants contend the jury erred in finding defendants liable, and alternatively, in awarding excessive quantum. Plaintiff answered the appeal, seeking an increase in the award to $400,-000.

The record establishes Mathew Ventura, III,…