Legal Opinion
Alford v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided June 4, 1974No. 6:06-misc-00009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SWINFORD, District Judge.
The complaint in this diversity action removed from Fayette Circuit Court demands the sum of $37,500, payable under an accident policy issued by the defendant in 1967; a jury trial on April 18 and 19, 1974, culminated in a verdict in favor of Alford in the amount sought. The record is now before the court on the plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment entered on April 19, 1974, to permit the recovery of interest from the date of the accident until paid.
The propriety, of awarding pre-judgment interest in federal diversity cases is generally governed by the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mrs. Billie Cox Ginsburg v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Woodmont, Inc. v. DanielsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Home Insurance v. RollCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Continental Casualty Company v. FreemanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1972
- St. Clair v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Goldstein v. BarronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Golodetz Corp. v. Lawson (In Re Golodetz Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- Brody v. Brody (In Re Brody)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1989
- Conner v. Shelter Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984