Lake v. McCollum

KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge.

This is a post-judgment interest case. The issue is whether post-judgment interest runs from a judgment that awarded no money to the plaintiff when the judgment is reversed on appeal with instructions to enter judgment for the plaintiff pursuant to the jury’s verdict. We hold that it does not. Therefore, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural Background

In 2001, Julia and Joe Bob Lake 1 sued Dr. Sharon Prohaska 2 for medical malpractice and loss of consortium. In 2005, the Circuit Court of Jackson County, the Honorable Preston Dean presiding, held a jury trial on Lake’s…