Case Name: Franklin J. FOWLER v. LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-10-08
Citations: 376 So. 2d 164
Docket Number: No. 65229
Parties: Franklin J. FOWLER v. LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.
Judges: DIXON and TATE, JJ., concur in the denial, even though the district judge was in error as to his power under 1813 to grant a remittitur. He may grant a remittitur even though there are other errors in the trial, but it is not mandatory. He may, even though the verdict is excessive, order a new trial.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 376
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
Franklin J. FOWLER v. LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.
No. 65229.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Oct. 8, 1979.

Opinion:
In re Franklin J. Fowler, applying for a remedial writ and stay order. Parish of Concordia, No. 18,895.
Writ denied.
DIXON and TATE, JJ., concur in the denial, even though the district judge was in error as to his power under 1813 to grant a remittitur. He may grant a remittitur even though there are other errors in the trial, but it is not mandatory. He may, even though the verdict is excessive, order a new trial.
DENNIS and CALOGERO, JJ., would grant, being of the opinion that C.C.P. art. 1813 does not preclude a remittitur within the discretion of the trial judge, whenever the verdict is so excessive that a new trial should be granted for that reason alone.