Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 1086
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       7-01133-16                                            20161086__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to prejudgment interest; creating s.
    3         55.035, F.S.; requiring a court to include interest on
    4         economic damages, attorney fees, and costs in the
    5         final judgment of a negligence action as a result of a
    6         personal injury; specifying the date from which
    7         interest accrues; providing applicability; providing
    8         an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 55.035, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         55.035 Prejudgment interest.—In a negligence action in
   15  which a plaintiff recovers economic damages as the result of a
   16  personal injury, the court shall include in the final judgment
   17  interest on each component of economic damages. Such interest
   18  accrues from the date of the loss of an economic benefit or
   19  payment made by the plaintiff. If the plaintiff recovers
   20  attorney fees, the court shall include in the final judgment
   21  interest on such fees beginning on the first day of the month
   22  immediately following the month in which the attorney provided
   23  services to the plaintiff. If the plaintiff recovers costs, the
   24  court shall include in the final judgment interest on such costs
   25  beginning on the first day of the month immediately following
   26  the month in which costs were paid. The rate of interest
   27  applicable to this section is the rate established pursuant to
   28  s. 55.03.
   29         Section 2. This act applies to all actions pending on July
   30  1, 2016, and to any action initiated on or after that date.
   31         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.