Benson v. Blair

LAVENDER, Justice:

Appellant, plaintiff at the trial, seeks certiorari to the Court of Appeals which had affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Appellant claims error in that the trial court denied interest on the verdict at the rate of 6% per annum from the date the action was filed to the date verdict was obtained.

This was a personal injury action wherein the verdict was rendered September 10, 1971. The Journal Entry of Judgment was settled on January 7, 1972. It provided that plaintiff had judgment against defendants in the sum of $3,000.00 with interest at the rate of 10% from September…