Vázquez-Filippetti v. Cooperativa De Seguros Múltiples De Puerto Rico

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants were awarded six million dollars in damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Defendant-appellee Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico (“Cooperativa”) had issued an automobile liability insurance policy that provided coverage for the accident in the amount of $100,000. The question before us concerns the extent of Cooperativa’s responsibility for post-judgment interest.

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A. Procedural Background

Yomar Vázquez-Filippetti was standing on a sidewalk withdrawing money from an ATM when José Toro-Rodríguez, driving a 1996…