Case Name: Carol L. BELT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-03-02
Citations: 524 So. 2d 1260
Docket Number: No. 87-72
Parties: Carol L. BELT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DOMENGEAUX and YELVERTON, JJ., and CULPEPPER , J. Pro Tern.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 524
Pages: 1260–1261

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.