Case ID: so2d_524/html/1260-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Carol L. BELT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 87-72.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    March 2, 1988.
    Writ Denied June 2,1988.
    Norris Greehouse, Marksville, for plaintiff/appellee.
    Brittain & Williams, J. Morgan Passman, Natchitoches, for defendant/appellant.
    Before DOMENGEAUX and YELVERTON, JJ., and CULPEPPER , J. Pro Tern.
    
      
       Honorable William A. Culpepper, Judge, Retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tempore.
    
   DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in No. 87-71, entitled Belt, as Administrator of the Estate of His Minor Daughter, Melanie Belt v. Farm Bureau Insurance Co., 524 So.2d 1256 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1988), in which a separate decision is being rendered this day, we reverse that portion of the judgment of the Trial Court which awarded $5,000.00 for the plaintiff’s medical expenses. We affirm that portion of the judgment awarding costs, penalties of 12% and attorney fees of $2,000.00.

Costs on appeal are assessed one-half to the plaintiff and one-half to the defendant.

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND RENDERED.