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PHELPS v. DUKE POWER CO.

No. 464PA87.

376 S.E.2d 238 (1989)

324 N.C. 72

Joseph M. PHELPS v. DUKE POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Bernholz, Dickerson, Bernholz, Gledhill & Hargrave by G. Nicholas Herman and Douglas Hargrave, Hillsborough, for plaintiff appellee.

Newsom, Graham, Hedrick, Bryson & Kennon by E. Bryson, Jr. and Joel M. Craig, Cheshire & Parker by Lucius M. Cheshire, Hillsborough, for defendant appellant.

EXUM, Chief Justice.

The questions raised here relate to the awarding of prejudgment interest under former N.C.G.S. § 24-5 (1983 Cum.Supp.) before it was rewritten by Chapter 214 of the 1985 Session Laws.1 Former N.C.G.S. § 24-5 provided:

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...

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