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ERVIN v. SPEECE

No. 8422SC34.

324 S.E.2d 299 (1985)

Ricky ERVIN v. David SPEECE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Collie, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Sumrell, Sugg & Carmichael by Rudolph A. Ashton, III, New Bern, for The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

The court's judgment allowing plaintiff interest from the filing of the complaint, rather than the date of the judgment, was entered pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 24-5. This statute, in pertinent part, is as follows:

The portion of all money judgments designated by the fact-finder as compensatory damages in actions other than contract shall bear interest from the time the action is instituted until the judgment is paid and satisfied...

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