Sunderland v. Allstate Insurance

OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the plaintiff, Todd Sunder-land (Sunderland or Todd), and the cross-appeal of the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate). Both parties appeal from a Superior Court judgment confirming an arbitrators’ award and allege errors relating to the methodology used by the trial justice in calculating prejudgment interest on an uninsured-motorist claim. We discern no reversible error in the trial justice’s calculations and therefore affirm the judgment below.

On August 21, 1991, Sunderland sustained serious…