Insurance
Dec. 8, 2010
Prejudgment Interest: Overlooked Until Now
It's time for the bench and the bar to start paying attention to the topic of prejudgment interest.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
Although "around for awhile," some legal principles mainly surface later. For example, prejudgment interest has been codified for years, but with merely an occasional reference in insurance litigation. Such interest thus has been generally "overlooked" until three recent decisions: Howard v. Amer. Nat. Fire Ins. Co. (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 498; Amerigraphics Inc. v. Mercury Cas. Co. (2010) 182 Cal.App. 4th 1538; and Evanston Ins. Co. v. OEA Inc. (9th Cir. 2009) 566 F....
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