Pires v. Frota Oceanica Brasileira, S. A.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Greenfield, J.), entered on or about December 7, 1998, which denied plaintiffs motion for preverdict interest on the award for consequential damages, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The award of preverdict interest that plaintiff seeks, computed from the date shortly after the injury that defendant shipowner allegedly breached its contract to provide maintenance and cure, is precluded by three prior decisions of this Court that considered the question of preverdict interest (161 AD2d 129, 132 [modifying the special verdict for maintenance and…