Fronk v. Fowler

The central issue on appeal is whether a judge in the Superior Court may grant postjudgment statutory interest on an award of attorney’s fees and costs made pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 6E3 This pure question of law is one of first impression. After many years of litigation, with the defendants prevailing on all counts, a Superior Court judge determined that “substantially all, if not all, of the plaintiffs’ claims were wholly insubstantial, frivolous, and not advanced in good faith.” The judge concluded that the defendants are entitled to recover post-judgment interest pursuant to G. L. c.…