Legal Opinion
Venn v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided May 9, 1994No. 89-30035-RVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VINSON, District Judge.
Before the court is a question of law: If the Plaintiff prevails on his bad faith claim against the Defendant, is he entitled to prejudgment interest on the damages award? At stake is more than $2.3 million in simple interest, or more than $3.3 million if interest is compounded. Because the parties stated that meaningful settlement negotiations were unlikely to occur until this question is answered, I ordered briefs on the issue. After receiving briefs from both parties and having considered the arguments raised therein, I conclude that the Plaintiff is not…
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