Romero v. ITW Food Equipment Group LLC

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

2015 WL 4692357 (2015)

Relevant factsFree

Waldimir Romero (plaintiff) was injured by a meat chopper made by ITW Food Equipment Group (defendant) and won a products-liability verdict of nearly $3 million after the trial court instructed the jury to fully compensate him for his injuries. While ITW pursued an appeal and moved to stay the judgment, Romero moved to amend the judgment to add prejudgment interest.

IssueFree

Whether prejudgment interest is generally awarded in a tort action where the harm itself is not an economic loss.

Holding & reasoning

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Procedural history, concurrence & dissent

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