LAWHORNE v. EMPLOYERS INS. CO. OF WAUSAU

No. 78, Sept. Term 1995.

680 A.2d 518 (1996)

343 Md. 111

Karen M. LAWHORNE et vir. v. EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF WAUSAU.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Johnston (Johnston, Rivlin & Foley, L.L.P., on brief), Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Michael S. DeBaugh (George L. Huber, Lord & Whip, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

Presented here is an interpleader action brought by an automobile liability insurer faced with multiple claims against an insured that exceeded the limits of the insured's coverage. The issue is whether the claimants are entitled to interest on $849,680.16 for the period of more than two years that elapsed from the filing of the interpleader action to the payment of that sum into court, a delay principally caused by the bankruptcy of the

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