Martinez v. Bennett

Full title: RICHARD MARTINEZ v. TIMOTHY BENNETT AND PATTERSON INSURANCE COMPANY

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

Date published: Jun 28, 1996

676 So. 2d 241 (La. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95 CA 2457.

June 28, 1996.

ON APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TRIAL COURT NO. 9400847; HONORABLE EDWARD B. DUFRECHE, JUDGE PRESIDING.

Gordon Matheny, Hammond, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Richard Martinez.

Ellison Travis, Hammond, for Defendants/Appellants, Timothy Bennett and Patterson Insurance Company.

Before CARTER and PITCHER, JJ., and KLINE¹, J. Pro Tem.

1 Judge William F. Kline, Jr., is serving as judge pro tempore, by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

CARTER, Judge.

We have carefully reviewed the record in this case and conclude that it contains no ground for reversal or modification of the trial court's judgment. Although the damage awards are generous, we do not find them to be an abuse of the trial court's much discretion. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed at appellants' cost. See Youn v. Maritime Overseas Corp., 623 So.2d 1257, 1260-61 (La. 1993), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 114 S.Ct. 1059, 127 L.Ed.2d 379 (1994); Reck v. Stevens, 373 So.2d 498, 501 (La. 1979). See also Rick v. State, Department of Transportation and Development, 93-1776 p. 13-14 (La. 1/14/94); 630 So.2d 1271, 1277.

AFFIRMED.