CROWN CENT. PET. v. NAT. U. FIRE INS. C. OF P., PA.

No. 84-2009.

768 F.2d 632 (1985)

CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowles, Sorrells, Patterson & Thompson, R. Brent Cooper, Michael W. Huddleston, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Vinson & Elkins, Daniel A. Hyde, Raybourne Thompson, Jr., Michel L. Phifer, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, RUBIN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh (National Union) challenges the district court's award of prejudgment interest to plaintiff-appellee Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (Crown). Upon entering judgment in favor of Crown on its claims for business interruption insurance benefits the court awarded Crown prejudgment interest at a rate of 15% to be calculated from the date Crown submitted its proofs of...

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