Marine Terminals Corp. v. Paceco, Inc.

Opinion

WEINSTEIN, J. *

This is an action for breach of contract and negligence arising from defendant’s faulty repair of plaintiff’s crane. The jury awarded plaintiff damages of $40,258.91 but the trial court denied plaintiff’s motion for prejudgment interest. This appeal by plaintiff raises the single issue whether prejudgment interest should have been awarded.

Facts

The facts are essentially undisputed and may be briefly summarized: In September 1976, plaintiff contracted with defendant for certain repair work on plaintiff’s container crane located at the Port of Oakland. The repairs included…