Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Morgan

Although I concur with the majority on the issues of good cause and average weekly wage rate, I respectfully dissent from the majority’s treatment of prejudgment interest on Morgan’s unpaid medical expenses.

The court of appeals justified its award of prejudgment interest on unpaid medical expenses by relying on this Court’s opinion in Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc., 696 S.W.2d 549 (Tex.1985). In Cavnar, we held that one of the primary justifications behind awarding prejudgment interest is to make the plaintiff whole. Cavnar, 696 S.W.2d at 552. Specifically, prejudgment interest…