Drexel Building v. Spadaro

I cannot agree with the holding of the majority that it was not error for the trial court to add an amount for interest to the jury’s verdict. In my view it was error for the trial court to add interest. My views are similar to those expressed in the case of Schulman v. Cort Aviation Corporation, 330 So.2d 114 (Fla.3d DCA 1976):

The arguments in the briefs dealt with the propriety of the inclusion of interest in the judgment as depending upon whether the indebtedness for which judgment was awarded was liquidated or un-liquidated.

We are relieved of the necessity to evaluate those opposing…