Shoemaker v. Sliger

In entering the amended final judgment in the underlying wrongful death action, the trial court determined that when the amount of the judgment is modified on appeal, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.340(c) requires post-trial interest to accrue from the date of the verdict, rather than from the date of the original judgment. For the reasons discussed below, we disagree and reverse.

On October 11, 2011, a jury rendered a verdict of $7,509,510 in the underlying medical malpractice action, finding Dr. James R. Shoemaker1 (“Appellant”) forty percent at fault for Stephen Sliger’s death.…