20SC947- Ford Motor Company v. Walker

appeal of the judgment by the judgment debtor triggers the shift in interest rate. This includes a situation where, as here, the judgment debtor appeals the judgment, the judgment is reversed with instructions to hold a new trial, and the judgment debtor incurs a new money judgment at the retrial. In sum, if the judgment debtor doesn’t appeal the judgment, the nine percent interest rate applies from accrual of the claim through satisfaction of the final judgment. But if the judgment debtor appeals the judgment, then: (1) the nine percent interest rate applies from accrual of the claim through…