Case ID: so2d_172/html/0363-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      YARRUT, Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Joseph DI CORTE v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, and The Great American Insurance Co. of New York.
    No. 1704.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Fourth Circuit.
    Feb. 8, 1965.
    Rehearing Denied March 8, 1965.
    Herbert W. Christenberry, Jr., and Kent Satterlee, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.
    
      George Piazza, New Orleans, for Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.
    Alvin J. Liska and Samuel Richard Ex-nicios, New Orleans, for City of New Orleans, defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.
    Lee R. Leonard, New Orleans, for third-party defendant-appellee.
    Before McBRIDE, YARRUT and HALL, JJ
   YARRUT, Judge.

This case is a companion case of No. 1701, 172 So.2d 357, decided this day by this court on the questions of liability and quantum. The facts found and the reasons given in case No. 1701 on the question of liability are adopted herein, and made a part hereof.

With respect to quantum, Plaintiff suffered a laceration on his face which healed in three weeks leaving,a slight scar. .Although he experienced headaches during this period, he was fully able to work. The trial judge’s , award of $500.00 is deemed reasonable and the judgment is affirmed; Defendant to pay stenographic fees, but, being a municipality, ¡is exempt from the,payment of any other costs.

Judgment affirmed.