Faulk v. Aware, Inc.

Plaintiff has moved for an order directing the Clerk to add interest with respect to the verdict for compensatory damages on a prorated basis over the period of six and two-fifths years intervening between the date of publication of the libel and the date of rendition of the verdict.

Although plaintiff does not cite any case in which pre-verdict interest was allowed in a libel action, the court is urged to allow it in this case upon the authority of the line of eases holding interest recoverable as of right and as matter of law in such willful tort actions ás conversion, trespass, duress,…