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GAGE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket Nos. 74039, 74040, 73749.

423 Mich. 250 (1985)

377 N.W.2d 709

GAGE v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY BURNETT v. CUTLER-HAMMER, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C. (by Richard D. Toth), for plaintiff Gage.

Reginald S. Johnson for plaintiff Great American Insurance Company:

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian (by Paul A. Rosen and Robert A. Koory) for plaintiff Burnett.

Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C. (by Michael F. Schmidt and Michael S. Bogren), for defendant Ford Motor Company.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen, P.C. (by John P. Jacobs and Ernest R. Bazzana), for defendants Cutler-Hammer, Inc., and Verson Allsteel Press Company.

BRICKLEY, J.

In these cases, we are asked to determine the proper method of computing interest under the 1980 amendment to MCL 600.6013; MSA 27A.6013.1 The lower courts have reached conflicting results as to whether, and how, judgment interest accrued before June 1, 1980, should be compounded. We hold that there should be no compounding of that interest.

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Before 1980 PA 134, MCL 600.6013; MSA 27A.6013 provided:

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