Woods v. Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc.

Lazarus, Judge.

This case presents the issue of whether prejudgment interest pursuant to R.C. 1343.03(C) is available upon a judgment entered on an arbitration award pursuant to R.C. 2711.09. We hold that it is.

On November 8, 1992, Deborah C. Woods, the decedent herein, was killed as a result of the negligence of an uninsured motorist. On July 22, 1993, Kevin D. Woods, the administrator of Ms. Woods’s estate, her children, Matthew S. and Christopher P. Smith, and her parents, Richard N. and Marion J. Governor, filed suit in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas against the Governors’…