Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Baumgardner

Shaw, Judge.

This appeal, having been heretofore placed on the accelerated calendar, is being considered pursuant to App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12. Pursuant to Loc.R. 12, we hereby elect to issue a full opinion in lieu of a judgment entry.

Defendants-appellants, Diane and William Baumgardner, appeal from a judgment entered in the Logan County Court of Common Pleas, denying their motion for prejudgment interest, which was filed in an interpleader action initiated by plaintiff-appellee Motorists Mutual Insurance Company (“Motorists”).

On November 14, 1992, defendant Diane Baumgardner sustained…