Case Name: George Edward OLIVEIRA, Sr., for himself individually, and for and on behalf of his minor son, George Edward Oliveira, Jr., v. Robert James CROWTHER et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1957-06-04
Citations: 96 So. 2d 96
Docket Number: No. 4420
Parties: George Edward OLIVEIRA, Sr., for himself individually, and for and on behalf of his minor son, George Edward Oliveira, Jr., v. Robert James CROWTHER et al.
Judges: ELLIS, J., dissents.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 96
Pages: 96–96

Head Matter:
George Edward OLIVEIRA, Sr., for himself individually, and for and on behalf of his minor son, George Edward Oliveira, Jr., v. Robert James CROWTHER et al.
No. 4420.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana. First Circuit.
June 4, 1957.
Rehearing Denied June 28, 1957.
Writ of Certiorari Denied Oct. 8, 1957.
Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for appellant.
Gilbert Bernstein, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.
Adams & Reese, New Orleans, Pugh, Lanier & Pugh, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellee.

Opinion:
TATE, Judge.
The facts and legal issues are discussed in the companion case, Guidry v. Growther, La.App., 96 So.2d 71, rendered this date. For the reasons stated therein, the District Court correctly held appellant liable.
Appellants alternatively urge that the damages awarded were excessive.
The District Court awarded $700 for personal injuries, plus $42 of proven medical expenses, for "a complete fracture of the left 7th rib" from which young Olivei-ra suffered "a month and a half or two months, according to his testimony". He stayed in bed two weeks at home as a result of the painful fracture.
The award is not manifestly excessive. See Rhymes v. Guidry, La.App. 1 Cir., 84 So.2d 634.
The judgment appealed from is affirmed.
Affirmed.
ELLIS, J., dissents.
Rehearing denied; ELLIS, J., dissenting.