Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 2, 2007
Judging Interest
FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert Harrison - It's simple interest, but a Superior Court commissioner writes that the calculations aren't so easy. He also points out the areas for abuse.
By Robert Harrison
Like the ubiquitous sprig of parsley garnishing most restaurant dishes, prejudgment interest crops up in a variety of claims with little thought. Although prejudgment interest is concededly an unglamorous issue, the lack of common understanding of the rules about it results in hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable awards each year.
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