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JOYCE v. BLACK

Docket No. A044464.

217 Cal.App.3d 318 (1990)

266 Cal. Rptr. 8

STACEY JOYCE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SHERWIN S. BLACK, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

January 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James J. Davis III and Edwin J. Zinman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David F. Beach and James D. Biernat for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

KING, J.

(1a) In this case we hold that prejudgment interest is recoverable in personal injury cases in which judgments are entered on judicial arbitration awards if, after failing to accept plaintiff's statutory offer of settlement, defendant did not obtain a more favorable judgment.

Stacey and Michael Joyce sued Sherwin S. Black, D.D.S., for dental malpractice. On October 2, 1986, they made a $24,999...

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