STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. BARKER

No. 23,659.

96 P.3d 336 (2004)

136 N.M. 211

2004-NMCA-105

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ellen BARKER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clarence Barker, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee M. Rogers, Jr., Cord D. Borner, Atwood, Malone, Turner & Sabin, P.A., Roswell, for Appellee.

MacKenzie Hunt, Roswell, for Appellant.


OPINION

CASTILLO, J.

{1} In this case, we must determine if the trial court properly denied a claim for prejudgment interest under NMSA 1978, § 56-8-3 (1983), on an arbitration award. The award established the amount of damages payable by an insurance company to its insured, based on an accident caused by an uninsured motorist. We hold that the award of prejudgment interest was correctly denied, and we...

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