Opinion
No. 87-132.
November 4, 1987.
APPEAL FROM FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF VERMILION, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE ALLEN BABINEAUX, J.
R. Scott Ramsey, Berwick, for plaintiff-appellant
David Hurlburt, Lafayette, Johnson McAlpine, Richard Cozad, Henry King, Adams Reese, Mark C. Surprenant, New Orleans, Michael Mentz, Metairie, Shepton Hunter, Warren Ashy, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.
Before DOMENGEAUX, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.
For the reasons set forth in the matter entitled O. Price v. Colony Insurance Company, Olympus Insurance Company, and Chadwick Vincent, 520 So.2d 964, Numbered 86-989, in which a separate decision is being rendered this day, the judgment of the district court is affirmed as follows:
(1) The judgment of the district court in favor of Michael O. price and against Chadwick Vincent and Colony Insurance Company, in solido, for $50,000.00 is affirmed; and,
(2) The judgment of the district court limiting Colony Insurance Company's solidary liability to the extent of its policy limits, $5,000.00 for Michael O. Price is affirmed.
All costs of this appeal are assessed against Michael O. Price.
The judgment of the district court granting Lance of Lance McMellon motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and awarding him maintenance in the amount of $300.00, cure in the amount of $2,777.60, and punitive damages in the amount of $7,500.00 was compromised subsequent to the granting of appeal herein but prior to oral argument on appeal.