Argonaut Ins. Co. v. May Plumbing Co.

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• finding that prejudgment interest on a party’s out-of-pocket pecuniary losses is a legal entitlement once a verdict has liquidated those damages as of a date certain
• noting that prejudgment interest is intended to compensate the successful claimant for the loss of the use of the money between the date when he is entitled to the money and the date of the judgment
• finding that Florida courts “do[] not have discretion” in applying prejudgment interest
• finding that Florida courts “do[] not have discretion” in applying prejudgment interest
• rejecting the theory according to which an award of prejudgment interest is regarded as a penalty
• awarding prejudgment interest in subrogation action to recover monies paid for negligent property loss

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).