Legal Opinion
Busik v. Levine
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 6, 1973No. A-92; A-93PublishedCited by 265 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Weintraub, C. J.
These cases involve the validity of B. 4:42-ll(b), adopted on December 21, 1971 and effective on January 31, 1972, which authorizes prejudgment interest in tort actions. The accidents here involved occurred before the-rule was adopted, but the eases came to trial after the effective date of the rule. Interest as provided in the rule was included in the judgments. We certified defendants’ appeals before they were argued in the Appellate Division.
The principal charge is that prejudgment interest is a matter of “substantive” law and as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Independent Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Funkhouser v. J. B. Preston Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. AmiraultCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by265 opinions
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- H. Rosenblum, Inc. v. AdlerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Draper v. Airco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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