Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1993

The court held that the court of appeal improperly reduced the trial court’s general-damages awards because the awards were not beyond the range a reasonable factfinder could assess for this plaintiff’s injuries and circumstances.

The Louisiana Supreme Court held that the court of appeal misapplied manifest-error review when it rejected the trial court’s findings that the roadway was defective and that DOTD had actual or constructive notice of the defect.