Peak v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The questions before us are: (1) When does postjudgment interest begin to run when a judgment is affirmed on appeal? (2) What is the proper rate of such interest prior to the 1983 amendment of G. L. c. 235, § 8? 2 A judge of the Superior Court, by allowing the defendant’s motion to correct the certificate of judgment, ruled that the rate of six percent applied from the original date of entry of judgment in the trial court. We affirm.

After the jury returned verdicts for the plaintiffs on November 4, 1982, in an action for personal injury and consequential damages, judgments were entered on…