Is prejudgment interest in a wrongful death action part of the damages?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Davenport v. Webb, 11 N.Y.2d 392, 183 N.E.2d 902, 230 N.Y.S.2d 17 (N.Y. 1962):
In New York, the prejudgment interest in a wrongful death action is 'part of the damages' (Cleghorn v. Ocean Acc. & Guar. Corp., 244 N.Y. 166, 167, 155 N.E. 87), the addition of which is governed by recourse to the usual conflicts of law rules, which we have consistently applied
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