United States Second Circuit

Under New York state law, CPLR 5001(a), prejudgment interest is not available in a personal injury case where plaintiffs sued the insured's insurance company for damages because there was no contract between the insurance company and the plaintiffs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2001
• Published 02/02/2001

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge:, Before KEARSE, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley J. Levy, New York, N.Y. (Alan J. Konigsberg, Jonathan Siegal, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, New York, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Cynthia Dolan, White Plains, NY, (George S. Hodges, Boeggeman, George, Hodges & Corde, White Plains, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.