Louisiana Panel Amends Damages Award In Coverage Suit Arising From Dog Attack

Mealey's (July 27, 2020, 2:33 PM EDT) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana appeals panel on July 22 amended a lower court's judgment to award a plaintiff $45,000 in general damages and $5,000 for her husband's loss of consortium in a coverage dispute arising from an underlying dog attack, finding that the jury's $16,000 general damages award was "unreasonably low" (Sushma Kshirsagar, et al. v. State Farm Insurance Co., et al., No. 53,520-CA, La. App., 2nd Cir., 2020 La. App. LEXIS 1091)....