Legal Opinion
Casto v. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1977No. Nos. 76-1484, 76-1501—76-1505PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The main issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in allowing prejudgment interest on damages which were awarded in the several personal injury cases; a secondary question is, assuming that prejudgment interest is allowable, whether it is also to be given in connection with the award of exemplary damages.
Only the facts bearing on these issues need to be mentioned.
The verdicts herein were returned on March 30, 1976. After that, defendant-appellant filed its motion to alter or amend the judgments so as to exclude prejudgment interest. This motion was…
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