State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Wallace

The only issue presented for review in this case is whether the plaintiffs were entitled to prejudgment interest from their underinsured-motorist insurance carrier, when there was no agreement as to the amount of the plaintiffs' damages prior to the jury verdict.

A jury returned a $550,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff Judith Wallace and a $150,000 verdict in favor of her husband, John Rice, for loss of consortium, against Vatanya Leerasiri and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the plaintiffs' underinsured-motorist insurance carrier. The jury returned a verdict in favor of…