Matthews v. DeSoto

This is a prejudgment interest case. The court of appeals stated that a trial court may reduce or eliminate a plaintiff’s prejudgment interest award upon a finding that the plaintiff used dilatory tactics in bad faith to prevent resolution of the lawsuit. 714 S.W.2d 133.

In Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc., 696 S.W.2d 549, 554 (Tex.1985), we held that a prevailing plaintiff may recover prejudgment interest on damages that have accrued by the time of judgment. We reviewed various methods of determining the exact amount of prejudgment interest, including allowing the trial court to…