that the plaintiff, Diane Leal, was not injured as a result of the September 14, 1996 accident.

II.

FACTS
On September 14, 1996, while traveling east on Dugas Road in Lafayette Parish, Mrs. Leal's automobile was struck by a hay baler being pulled in the opposite direction by a truck driven by Mr. Dubois. Prongs from the hay baler raked across Mrs. Leal's vehicle and grabbed her arm through an open window. A Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Deputy, Ricky Hebert, investigated the accident at the scene.
Two days after the accident, Mrs. Leal sought medical treatment at University Medical Center, essentially complaining of neck, shoulder and back pain. She continued to seek medical assistance and treatment from a variety of physicians until trial.
Mrs. Leal settled her property damage claim with Mr. Dubois' insurer,Allstate, for $1,509.74 in May 1997. At trial, Mrs. Leal introduced evidence of the positions of the vehicles at the time of the accident. Deputy Hebert and an eyewitness, Kent Moreau, testified as to events at the scene. Ample medical evidence was introduced to buttress Mrs. Leal's claims of injury. Following a trial on the merits, the trial court determined that the hay baler collided with Mrs. Leal's vehicle causing exterior damage to her car. The trial court rejected Mrs. Leal's claim that the prongs of the baler damaged the interior of her car. The trial court further concluded that Mrs. Leal failed to prove by a preponderance of *688 the evidence that she sustained any personal injuries as a result of the accident. Mrs. Leal brought this