SCHWARTZ, Judge.
We hold that interest on a final judgment begins to run from the date that it is signed and filed, rather than, as the trial judge held below, only when timely post-trial motions have been disposed of, so as to render the judgment final for the purposes of appeal. There is nothing in the use of the word "rendered" in either the present or the prior version of Section 55.03, Florida Statutes (1977) which indicates in any way an intention by the legislature...
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