Legal Opinion
Southard v. Fox
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 1992No. 12117PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
APODACA, Judge.
Defendant appeals the trial court’s award of prejudgment interest in connection with a jury verdict stemming from a personal injury lawsuit. Defendant raises two issues on appeal: whether the trial court erred in (1) concluding that plaintiff’s damages were subject to prejudgment interest and (2) determining that defendant was not entitled to a jury trial on the issue of prejudgment interest. We hold that the prejudgment interest statute, NMSA 1978, Section 56-8-4(B) (Repl.1986), applies to all damages and, consequently, that the trial court did not err in awarding…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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