Case Name: Mrs. Loraine AUTIN, Wife of Ebdon EYMARD, v. Joseph T. BOUDREAUX
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1961-03-13
Citations: 127 So. 2d 743
Docket Number: No. 20638
Parties: Mrs. Loraine AUTIN, Wife of Ebdon EYMARD, v. Joseph T. BOUDREAUX.
Judges: Before JANVIER, REGAN and YAR-RUT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 127
Pages: 743–743

Head Matter:
Mrs. Loraine AUTIN, Wife of Ebdon EYMARD, v. Joseph T. BOUDREAUX.
No. 20638.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Fourth Circuit.
March 13, 1961.
Frank H. Langridge and Waverly A. Henning, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellant.
Donald Peltier, Thibodaux, and Kalford K. Miazza, New Orleans, for defendant appellee.
Before JANVIER, REGAN and YAR-RUT, JJ.

Opinion:
JANVIER, Judge.
This is a companion case to Soignet v. Boudreaux, 127 So.2d 740.
Mrs. Loraine Autin Eymard was a passenger in the Packard car driven by Michael Soignet and sustained minor injuries. In the District Court there was judgment in her favor in the sum of $130.00, $30.00 being allowed for hospital and medical bills and $100.00 for pain and suffering.
The accident occurred on December 28. She sustained no fracture though X-ray photographs were taken. She sustained a small laceration or cut on the nose, a blood tumor on the scalp, a small "hickey" on the head which the doctor said in "plain terms" meant a "possible mild concussion of the brain." The doctor prescribed rest and sedation. While her injuries were not serious, we think that $100.00 is obviously inadequate and that the amount awarded her should be increased to $300.00. The amount awarded for medical and other expenses of $30.00 is correct.
Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is amended in favor of Mrs. Loraine Autin, wife of Ebdon Eymard so as to increase the award to her to the sum of $330.00, together with interest from judicial demand, and all costs.
Amended and affirmed